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Added how to turn on routing/set up routes to the faq

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<li> <a href="#SWS-2">How do I select which OS to run on each node?</a> <li> <a href="#SWS-2">How do I select which OS to run on each node?</a>
<li> <a href="#SWS-3">Can I load my own software (RPMs) on my nodes?</a> <li> <a href="#SWS-3">Can I load my own software (RPMs) on my nodes?</a>
<li> <a href="#SWS-4">Can I schedule programs to run <li> <a href="#SWS-4">Can I schedule programs to run
automatically when a node boots</a> automatically when a node boots?</a>
<li> <a href="#SWS-5">How does my software determine when other <li> <a href="#SWS-5">How can I turn on routing or set up routes
automatically in my nodes?</a>
<li> <a href="#SWS-6">How does my software determine when other
nodes in my experiment are ready?</a> nodes in my experiment are ready?</a>
<li> <a href="#SWS-6">Can I run my own Operating System?</a> <li> <a href="#SWS-7">Can I run my own Operating System?</a>
</ul> </ul>
<li> <a href="#SEC">Security Issues</a> <li> <a href="#SEC">Security Issues</a>
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<a href = "tutorial/tutorial.php3">Emulab Tutorial</a> for an <a href = "tutorial/tutorial.php3">Emulab Tutorial</a> for an
example. example.
</p> </p>
<li><a NAME="SWS-5"></a> <li><a NAME="SWS-5"></a>
<h3>How can I turn on routing or set up routes automatically
in my nodes?</h3>
<p>
You can use command mentioned above (<tt>tb-set-node-startup</tt>)
in your NS file to specify a simple script in your home directory
that will do this. For instance, if I had a node called router,
and wanted to turn on routing in it, I would add these two lines
to my NS file:
<pre>
tb-set-node-os $router FBSD40-STD
tb-set-node-startup $router /users/myname/router-startup
</pre>
That would cause router to boot FreeBSD, and call my
router-startup script, which should look like this:
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
/usr/site/bin/su1 sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
/usr/site/bin/su1 sysctl -w net.inet.ip.fastforwarding=1
exit 0
</pre>
That will make sure that routing gets turned on when my router
node boots. Now say I have a client on one side of the router,
and a server on the other side, and I want to establish a route
from the client to the server through the router, and vice
versa. I would add these lines to my NS file:
<pre>
tb-set-node-startup $client /users/myname/clientroutecmd
tb-set-node-startup $server /users/myname/serverroutecmd
</pre>
This will have the client and the server each call a small script
to set up routes. To add a route (on client) to interface 0 of the
server through router, I would run a script called clientroutecmd
that looks like this (for a node running FreeBSD):
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
sudo route add server-0 router
exit 0
</pre>
Similarly, to add a route (on server) to interface 0 of the client
through router, I would use this serverroutecmd script:
<pre>
#!/bin/sh
sudo route add client-0 router
exit 0
</pre>
That should do it. We now will have a router node that really
routes and forwards packets, and a client and a server that know
how to talk to each other through a gateway router.
</p>
<p>
Please see the
<a href="docwrapper.php3?docname=tutorial/nscommands.html">Extensions</a>
page for a summary of all Emulab NS extensions, and the
<a href = "tutorial/tutorial.php3">Emulab Tutorial</a> for an
example.
</p>
<li><a NAME="SWS-6"></a>
<h3>How does my software determine when other nodes in my <h3>How does my software determine when other nodes in my
experiment are ready?</h3> experiment are ready?</h3>
<p> <p>
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Daemon</a> documentation. Daemon</a> documentation.
</p> </p>
<li><a NAME="SWS-6"></a> <li><a NAME="SWS-7"></a>
<h3>Can I run my own Operating System?</h3> <h3>Can I run my own Operating System?</h3>
<p> <p>
Yes! You can run your own OS on any of the PCs (the Sharks do not Yes! You can run your own OS on any of the PCs (the Sharks do not
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