NS2 INSTALLATION ON WINDOWS

NS2 INSTALLATION ON WINDOWS

The easiest way to install NS 2 on Windows OS is by using a virtual machine

The steps to install NS2 on windows by using Oracle VM virtual box is given below.

Step 1: Download and install 'Oracle VM virtual box' from the following link.
                                https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Step 2: Now download ubuntu from the following link
                                     www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

Step 3: Open oracle VM VIrtual box

Step 4: Click on the 'new' button on the top left corner of the VM Virtual Box window

now name the operating system and select the linux operating system and ubuntu as os version

Step 5: Now select the Memory Size

Step 6: Now create a Virtual Hard Drive

Step 7: Select Hardware File Type

you are supposed to use the default option shown in the dialog box

Step 8: Create Virtual Hard Drive

Step 9: Choose the File Location and Size

Step 10: Now Create your virtual machine by clicking on the create button

Step 11: Now Install Ubuntu to the virtual machine by loading the 'ubuntu-12.04.4-desktop.amd64.iso' file to the virtual machine(which you have downloaded earlier or you can download it from the link given below www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop )

Step 12: Now click on the start button

                             Your Linux installation is finished now