OPNET Overview Setup Introduction and Tutorials Demonstration (Ethernet Lab)TOC – OPNETOverviewOriginal work at MIT, now maintained and marketed by OPNET Inc.Discrete event simulatorOPNET ModelerHierarchical modeling that mimics real life architecture: Network, Node, and Process Layer modelingAt Process Layer, a finite state machine representation is used for modeling, where state behavior is dictated by C codeCanned process models are supplied (open code) for many popular communication protocolsDecent capabilities for animation, GUI, analysis, debugging, etc.OPNET IT Guru: Deals with only Network Layer; other layers are pre-canned and invisibleTOC – OPNET – OverviewSetupFollow instructions supplied on an insert in the textbook to Obtain the Experiments Manual from http://booksite.mkp.com/Aboelela/ Obtain OPNET IT Guru Academic Edition software from http://www.opnet.com/itguru-academic/mk-setup_portal.html(if installing on your own PC)OPNET IT Guru Academic Edition is installed on the EECS instructional Windows machines Can be accessed using your EECS Windows account Can also be accessed by remote terminal serviceRemote Desktop Connection in Windows XPWill need to know the IP address of the host to access from an off-campus location Class accounts are available from the instructors or seehttp://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/TOC – OPNET – SetupIntroduction and TutorialsRequired manual sections will be posted on the class website’s syllabus link (available when an assignment is out)Go through the “Introduction” of the Experiments Manual to develop a good familiarity with the simulation tool Should not have to change the OPNET preferences Only answer the lab questions indicated for each assignment“Introduction” leads you to the following tutorials packaged with the software Introduction Small InternetworksTOC – OPNET – TutorialsDemonstration (Ethernet Lab)Let’s walk through the Ethernet lab (Lab 1 of the Manual):First OPNET assignment is the Ethernet lab (Lab 1 of the Manual) – Due back on Thursday, February 24TOC – OPNET – Demonstration (Ethernet
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