
	NTS - Network Topology Simulator
	VUB: Vrij Universiteit Brussel
	Author: Antoine Hupin

NTS is free to use in its integrity under the Open Source License

What is NTS:

NTS - Network Topology Simulator is an overload of the PVM communication
Library to simulate the use of different store and forward network topologies
over a PVM compatible network.

Intsalling:

1 - unpack the NTS package
2 - open the "ntsexecutable.h" file in the "main" directory and comment/uncomment
    the form of executable calling of your system
3 - Set a new environemnt variable: "nts_ROOT" to the directory where NTS is located, ie dir
    where this README is in.
    You will have to edit your profile file:
    	if your shell is csh add to your .cshrc file
		setenv nts_ROOT $HOME/nts
	if your shell is sh, ksh, or bash add to your .profile file
		nts_ROOT = $HOME/nts
		export nts_ROOT
	and rerun your profile
    The environement variable will be used to set links from the bin directory to the 
    PVM exectuable directory    
4 - run the "install" script in the main NTS directory

Note: exectutables will be compiled into $nts_ROOT/bin:
	ntsMaster
	ntsRouter
	ntsExample
      libraries will be compiled into $nts_ROOT/lib:
      	libnts.a

Note: antGraph will also be compiled at the installation time.
      antGraph is a by product of the technology that was used for the development of NTS
      while not actually being used in the NTS code
      antGraph implemnts a simple graph structure
      the library will be added to the lib directory

Requirements:

	- pvm3
	- Qt 3
	- Qt Designer 3.2	

Using:

See the documentation in the "doc" directory

