NetSim v14.4 Help

Contents:

  • Introduction
  • Simulation GUI
    • Create Scenario
    • Devices specific to NetSim Internetworks Library
      • Click and drop into environment
      • Link Properties
    • Enable Packet Trace, Event Trace & Plots (Optional)
    • Enable protocol specific logs and plots
    • Run Simulation
  • Model Features
    • WLAN 802.11
      • WLAN standards supported in NetSim
      • The 2.4 GHz Channels
      • The 5 GHz Channels
      • The 5.9 GHz Channels
      • Channel Numbering
      • WLAN PHY Rate in NetSim
      • SIFS, Slot Time, CW Min, and CW Max settings
      • PHY Implementation
      • PHY States
      • 802.11 implementation details
      • 802.11 ac/ax MAC and PHY Layer Implementation
      • MAC Aggregation in NetSim
      • Signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR)
      • Error Model
      • Transmit Power
      • Carrier Sense
      • Transmission Range, Carrier Sense Range, and Interference Range
      • Carrier Sense (CS) Threshold
      • Transmitter’s choice of MCS
      • Hidden Node Behavior
      • IEEE 802.11 e QoS and EDCA
      • Rate Adaptation
      • Model Limitations
      • Wi-Fi GUI Parameters
      • IEEE 802.11 Results
      • Radio measurements log file
      • NetSim plots
      • IEEE 802.11 Backoff Log
    • Layer 2 (L2) Ethernet Switching
      • Spanning Tree Protocol
      • Switch Port States
      • Model Limitations
      • Switch: GUI Parameters
    • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF v2) Routing Protocol
      • OSPF Overview
      • OSPF Features
      • Excluded Features
      • OSPF: GUI Parameters
    • Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
      • TCP overview
      • TCP Features
      • Congestion Control Algorithms in TCP
      • Limitations of TCP
      • TCP: GUI parameters
      • TCP Performance Metrics
      • TCP Reference Documents
    • User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
      • UDP Overview
      • UDP: GUI parameters
      • UDP Performance Metrics
      • UDP Reference Documents
    • IP Protocol
      • IP Performance Metrics
    • Buffering, Queueing and Scheduling
      • Buffers
      • Queuing
      • Scheduling
    • Links
      • Modeling Error in Wired Links
    • IP Addressing in NetSim
  • Featured Examples
    • 802.11n MIMO
    • Effect of Bandwidth in Wi-Fi 802.11ac
      • Effect of Bandwidth
    • Factors affecting WLAN PHY Rate
      • Effect of AP-STA Distance on throughput
      • Effect of Pathloss Exponent
      • Effect of Transmitter power
      • IEEE802.11n
      • IEEE802.11ac
    • MAC Throughput and Efficiency comparison of 802.11 Legacy vs. HT protocols
      • Network Scenario
      • Part I: Legacy
      • Part II: High Throughput (HT)
    • Configuring IP addresses, subnets and applying firewall rules based on subnets using Class B IP addresses
      • IP Addressing
      • IP address classes
      • Configuring Class-B address in NetSim
      • Subnetting
      • Configuring Class-B subnetting
      • Firewall rules based on subnets
    • Different OSPF Control Packets
    • Configuring Static Routing in NetSim
      • Without Static Route
      • With Static Route
    • TCP Window Scaling
    • An enterprise network comprising of different subnets and running various applications
    • Design of a nationwide university network to analyze capacity, latency, and link failures
      • Introduction
      • Network Settings
      • Simulation cases and Application settings
      • Results and Observations
  • Internetworks Experiments in NetSim
  • Reference Documents
  • Latest FAQs
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