Web User Interface

The netsim web user interface tool is used to interactively control the simulated network.

Getting Started

To launch the web UI, you can either launch from command line interface or directly access localhost:7681

netsim gui

Moving Devices in 2D plane

1. Click on the device you wish to move.
2. Drag and drop the device to your desired location.
3. See the Position updates on the Device Info panel on the right.

Changing Device Orientation

1. Click on the device you wish to change orientation.
2. On the Device Info panel, change the Orientation by moving around the range inputs.
3. See the orientation updates on the device sprite.

Toggling Radio State

1. Click on the device you wish to change radio state.
2. On the Device Info panel, toggle a chip under Radio States

Changing Backgrounds

1. On the left top, Click Change Backgrounds button.

Toggling View to Orthographic View

1. On the left top, click Toggle View button.

Moving Devices in 3d space

We do not provide interactive control feature for 3d space yet. But the information panel allows you to edit positions.

1. Click on the device you wish to move.
2. On the Device Info panel, click Edit.
3. Change Z value in Position to shift heights.
4. Click Save

Changing to Packet Trace View

1. On the navigation bar on top, click Packet Trace.

Toggling Packet Capture and Downloading pcap

1. On the navigation bar on top, click Packet Trace.
2. Toggle Capture ON/OFF to turn capture on.
3. Toggle Capture ON/OFF to turn capture off.
4. Click Download.
5. Open the downloaded file with pcap viewer (preferably Wireshark).