As far as the random behaviour is concerned there is a quite good Random number generator implemented in NS, that can also generate random numbers from various distributions.
You can check the NS-2 manual in the chapter "Mathematical Support" for further information. -Fk On 7/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: sorin pasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: ns-users@ISI.EDU > Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:51:06 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: [ns] help on random FTP connections > Hello ns users, > > if I create 100 nodes attached to one central node , can anyone tell me > how to create FTP connections of every node with the central one and start > them in a random way (presuming I have to download from the central node a 5 > Mb file for every node in an interval of 5 minutes). > I hope you can help me.....Thanks, > > Sorin > > > --------------------------------- > Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just > radically better. > > > > -- Filippos N Kolovos Software Systems Analyst & Engineer M.Sc. (Eng.) in Data Communications Automation & Networking Department University of Macedonia Library Egnatia 156, P.O.Box 1591 540 06 Thessaloniki, Greece E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------