Linux Containers and NS3 on a Mac

[Philipp]

Hi guys,

I wondered if there is a possibility to run the example form [1] on a Mac? 

To the best of my knowledge, LXC is not supported by MacOS so the example would not run out of the box. I did a bit of research but got stuck as I think the challenge is to get the network bridge up and running. 

So my question, is it possible to have this "real" world use case running on a Mac? 

I assume one solution would be to run a full VM with a XLC supporting Linux (e.g. Fedora) similar to the example in  [2].

But maybe there is an option I don't see right now, maybe even using Docker? :)

Thanks in advance,

cheers,

Philipp

[1] https://www.nsnam.org/wiki/HOWTO_Use_Linux_Containers_to_set_up_virtual_networks

[2] https://www.nsnam.org/wiki/HOWTO_use_VirtualBox_to_run_simulations_on_Windows_machines

note: at the time of writing I had a MacOS Sierra 10.12.5

[Tommaso Pecorella]

Hi,

unfortunately neither Docker or LXC are available for MacOS. The simplest way is to use a Linux box.

T.