[ns] Integrate NS-2 with real network

[paolomj@libero.it]

Hi!

I need help about integrate NS-2 into a real network.
I would like that a real client communicates with a node within the simulator or with another node external to the simular (eg. a server). I saw the emulator extension, and now I can use ns-2 as a gateway, but I don't know how make real-simulator network communication (can I assign a real IP address to a simulated node? I read that I can't...).
I would appreciate any suggestion/link/idea/code!!

Thanks,
 Paolo Carpo