How to connect VirtualBox with NS3

[Sandy]

Hi folks,

I am looking to connect NS3 node in the network with Virtual Machine to do reconnaissance about other nodes in NS3 network. Can anybody explain that how to do this ?

                   VM ---> Node1-------> Node3 ------> Node4 

                                |                                                                  

                                |                                    

                             Node 2

[Joshua Boley]

Take a look at the TapBridge module; it allows you to create or use existing TAP devices on the host for exactly this sort of purpose. That includes the host endpoint (i.e., vbox0) of a “host-only” connection. There might be other virtual network types you could use, all it really needs is the TAP interface on the host, but “host-only” is probably what you really want (least overhead, most direct).

 

FYI, chances are you’ll want to make sure you’re running the simulation in real-time; you can also find the documentation for that on the ns3 website.

 

Regards,

Josh

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[Sandy]

Thanks Josh. I am looking at TapBridge module , do you know about this line " tapBridge.SetAttribute ("DeviceName", StringValue ("tap-left"));"

From where i got to know about Device name ?

Thanks

Sandy

[Sandy]

Hi folks ,

How to check if  Tap Bridge is working or not. I am interested in connecting Virtual machine as shown in figure below

  Node1 -------CSMA----------Node3 (Router) -------P2P ------- Node 4 -------P2P ------- Node5

                                        |                                           

                                     CSMA                                                                    

                                        |                                                                       

              VM ---------------- Node 2 

 I need to ping from Node2 using Virtual Machine to Node 5.

 What i did upto now

- Created Tap Device (Tap0) on the host machine

-  Install the tapbridge on Node2 using mode "UseLocal" and DeviceName "tap0"

Can anybody help me with this.

Thanks in advance