This module provides a base module for external network interfaces.

Inheritance diagram

The following diagram shows inheritance relationships for this type. Unresolved types are missing from the diagram.

Known subclasses

Name	Type	Description
ExtLowerEthernetInterface	compound module	This module provides an Ethernet network interface suitable for emulation. The lower part of the network interface is realized in the real world using a real ethernet socket of the host computer which is running the simulation.
ExtUpperEthernetInterface	compound module	This module provides an Ethernet network interface suitable for emulation. The upper part of the network interface is realized in the real world using a real TAP device of the host computer which is running the simulation.
ExtUpperIeee80211Interface	compound module	This module provides an IEEE 802.11 network interface suitable for emulation. The upper part of the network interface is realized in the real world using a real TAP device of the host computer which is running the simulation.

Extends

Name	Type	Description
InterfaceEntry	compound module	(no description)

Parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
displayStringTextFormat	string	"%a (%i)\n%m"
interfaceTableModule	string
device	string
namespace	string	""
copyConfiguration	string	""
address	string	"auto"
broadcast	bool	true
multicast	bool	true
pointToPoint	bool	false
mtu	int	4470B

Properties

Name	Value	Description
class	ExtInterface

Gates

Name	Direction	Size	Description
upperLayerIn	input
upperLayerOut	output

Source code

//
// This module provides a base module for external network interfaces.
//
module ExtInterface extends InterfaceEntry like IExternalInterface
{
    parameters:
        string interfaceTableModule;
        string device;
        string namespace = default("");
        string copyConfiguration @enum("","copyToExt","copyFromExt") = default("");
        string address = default("auto");
        bool broadcast = default(true);
        bool multicast = default(true);
        bool pointToPoint = default(false);
        int mtu @unit(B) = default(4470B);
        *.interfaceTableModule = default(absPath(interfaceTableModule));
        *.device = default(device);
        *.namespace = default(namespace);
        @class(ExtInterface);
    gates:
        input upperLayerIn @loose;
        output upperLayerOut @loose;
}

File: src/inet/emulation/common/ExtInterface.ned

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