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Other Sources of Information

This document is intended as a reference manual for a user that is already familiar with the . There are several other sources of information that you should look at to learn more about the .

First, the was originally described in a pair of research papers [,]. These are a good place to start to understand the motivation and design rationale behind the .

Second, this Programmer's Manual, while thorough, is somewhat cryptic. It does not serve as a tutorial that teaches you how to write protocols. For help in learning how to write protocols, including examples from several existing protocols, see []. This tutorial borrows liberally from [], which provides an even more comprehensive discussion of protocol design and implementation.

Third, if you have just picked up the and want to try it out without having to first learn everything there is to know about it, then [] is a good place to begin. Once you have a version of the that builds and runs, it is much easier to start playing with the various features and options discussed in the Programmer's Manual.

Fourth, the can now be run as a network simulator rather than on top of a real network. This simulator, called x-sim, provides a complete and realistic framework for developing, analyzing, and testing network protocols. Information about how to configure and use x-sim can be found in [].

Finally, various components of the are described in detail in a collection of design documents. In particular, [] describes the implementation of the message library and [] describes the implementation of the map library. Note that it is not necessary to understand how these components are implemented in order to write protocols; these reports are intended for advanced users that want to know more about how the is implemented.



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Larry Peterson
Mon Feb 5 16:32:40 MST 1996