Re: Need help in developing a Tk GUI to represent packet flow ina

GB wrote:
> sharad1087@rediffmail.com wrote:
> 
>
> You might like to look at nam:
>
> "Nam is a Tcl/TK based animation tool for viewing network simulation
> traces and real world packet traces."
>
> http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/nam/index.html
>
> This draws networks and animates TCP packet flows quite nicely.

Do any of these tools support ATM traffic?  I could use a tool to help
decode and visualise ATM AAL2 and AAL5 data.

Glenn

sharad1087@rediffmail.com wrote:
> I am not really concerned about the type of traffic. The information
> residing with me is:
> 1. There are 2 devices D1 and D2.
> 2. D1 sends a packet to D2 at time T1 with certain attributes A1.
> 3. D2 sends a packet to D1 at time T2 with certain attributes A2.
> 4. D1 sends a packet to D2 at time T3 with certain attributes A3.
> 5. D2 sends a packet to D1 at time T4 with certain attributes A4.
> and so on.
>
>
Would something like railway transfer maps help?
time is on the y axis, nodes are vertical lines, attributes either
as labels or colour coded.

http://www.fremo.org/fahrplan/
go down to "Der Bildfahrplan"

sorry, couldn't find a nongerman example

uwe

sharad1087@rediffmail.com wrote:
> by attributes,  I mean certain bit settings in the packet. Say, for
> example if its an OSPF-NSSA LSA from an ASBR, the type is 7 (Type-7
> LSA). I hope I am clear.

Aaaah!  You've broken my jargon detector!

Donal.