QualNet University Program
Welcome to the QualNet University Program homepage. This page contains
the details necessary for installing and using QualNet. QualNet Network Simulator is accessible only within IIT Bombay campus. We have floating licences which can be used from anywhere in the institute (10.*.*.*).
All the installation files are available in the internal FTP server ftp://10.129.1.249/. Both Windows and Linux versions are available.
Latest Update 
Latest version of QualNet is 5.1. Details of the new release can be found on Scalable Networks site.
How to download ?
- Go here and download the appropriate installable according to your Operating System.
How to install ?
The installation instructions for windows and linux are available here. Installation instructions for the various additional modules can also be found in the same InstallationGuide.
Licence file required for the installation can be found here.
NOTE:
Linux users please make sure that the following conditions are strictly met.
- Give command hostname. If the hostname is set, the command will display the hostname. If the hostname is not set, set a name using the command hostname <name>.
- Now make sure that the hostname returned from the earlier step is mentioned properly in /etc/hosts file. Your hostname should NOT appear on the 127.0.0.1 or 127.0.1.1 line.
The correct format is
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
<your_ip> <your_hostname.your_domain> <your_hostname>
- Make sure that JDK_HOME environment variable is correctly set.
- Newer versions of gcc (i.e., 4.3 and later will not work). Installing an older copy of gcc is recommended. Make sure /usr/bin/gcc link points to the correct version of gcc.
- Newer version of java (i.e., 1.6 will not work). Installing an older version of java is recommended.
- Make sure libexpat-dev package is installed.
How to use ?
Detailed documentation of QualNet is available in the documentation directory on the FTP server.
Detailed documentation of the additional library modules are also available fromthe model_library_documentation folder on the FTP server.
Note for Beginners: Please refer to QualNet-User-Guide.pdf and QualNet-Product-Tour.pdf available in the docs folder of your QualNet installation.
Where to look for official support ?
For further support, Scalable Networks Community Forums can be used.
The Community Forums require the user to login. You will have to create
an account by registering on the website. The Community Forums can be
accesed here.
License issues ?
As a first step to debug the installation, try running a quick check for QualNet from command line.
cd $QUALNET_HOME/scenarios/default
qualnet default.config
QualNet is currently being administered by Punit. For any installation or licence related issues you can contact
Note: QualNet installation and documentation files linked from this web page are intended for IIT Bombay users only.
QualNet Network Simulator