[Ns-announce] New ns-3 Stable Release Posted (ns-3.3)

[craigdo@ee.washington.edu]

Hi All,

I am happy to announce that the latest stable release of ns-3 (ns-3.3) is
immediately available at the below location:

http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-3.3.tar.bz2

Please see this "getting started" page if you are new to ns-3:

http://www.nsnam.org/getting_started.html

Supported platforms
-------------------
ns-3.3 has been tested on the following platforms:
  - Linux x86 gcc 4.2, 4.1, and, 3.4.6.
  - Linux x86_64 gcc 4.3.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.1, 4.1.3, 3.4.6
  - MacOS X ppc and x86
  - Cygwin gcc 3.4.4 (debug only)

Not all ns-3 options are available on all platforms; consult the wiki for
more information:

http://www.nsnam.org/wiki/index.php/Installation

New user-visible features in ns-3.3
-----------------------------------
  a) Emulated Net Device

     A new net device has been added as enabling technology for 
     ns-3 emulation scenarios.  See src/devices/emu and 
     examples/emu-udp-echo.cc for details.

  b) ICMP Support
     Support for several ICMP messages has been added to ns-3.
     See src/internet-stack/icmpv4.h for details.

  c) IPv6 Address Support
     New classes to support IPv6 addresses has been added to the 
     system.  This is enabling technology for fuller IPv6 support 
     scheduled for ns-3.4.

API changes from ns-3.2
-----------------------
API changes for this release are documented in the file CHANGES.html

Regards,

-- Craig