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INET-4.5.4 Released (October 29, 2024)

A minor patch release containing OMNeT++ 6.1 compatibility fixes (enum related issues). It contains also fixes for #880, #886, #913, #919, #956, #967, #974, #982. Several memory leak errors were fixed. Added logging and testing framework enhancements. Added a python/requirements.txt so Python dependencies can be installed by pip install -r python/requirements.txt. Fixed escaping errors with Python 3.12 in pythons scripts.
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INET-4.5.2 Released (August 29, 2023)

A minor patch release of INET 4.5 has been released containing several fixes since the 4.5.1 version.
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INET-4.5.1 Released (August 25, 2023)

This patch release resolves a Windows-specific linker error (missing symbols) that occurred when trying to build model frameworks based on INET. It was fixed by adding INET_API annotations where they were missing.
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INET-4.5.0 Released (April 4, 2023)

This is a new minor stable release within the INET 4.x branch. The main feature of this release is the ability to concurrently run multiple simulations within the same process (requires OMNeT++ 7.0 preview 2 or later), along with an extended Ethernet cut-through switching functionality.
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INET-4.4.1 Released (July 27, 2022)

This is a minor bugfix release, mostly fixing linker errors on Windows for projects depending on INET.
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Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) Introduced in INET (June 15, 2022)

Key features of TSN were added to the INET Framework in version 4.4 (requires OMNeT++ 6.0). The model was developed together with an automotive industry partner to ensure relevance and is able to simulate the most important features of this domain. TSN refers to a set of IEEE 802 standards that make Ethernet deterministic by default. TSN components in INET are composable, making them easy to modify and experiment with. They can also be used together in non-standard novel ways, or with other tools such as external solvers for gate scheduling.
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INET-4.4.0 Released (May 16, 2022)

This is a new minor stable release of the INET 4.x branch. The highlight of this release is the implementation of several Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) features. Also, INET is now fully licensed under LGPL.
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INET-4.3.9, 4.2.10 and 3.8.3 Released (April 29, 2022)

These maintenance releases contain compatibility fixes for OMNeT++ 6.0 and OMNeT++ 5.7.
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INET-4.3.7, 4.2.9 and 3.8.2 Released (February 8, 2022)

These maintenance releases contain compatibility fixes for OMNeT++ 6.0 Release Candidate 1 and OMNeT++ 5.7.
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INET-4.3.5, 4.2.8 and 3.8.1 Released (November 15, 2021)

These maintenance releases contain compatibility fixes for OMNeT++ 6.0 Preview 14 and OMNeT++ 5.7.
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INET-4.3.4, 4.2.7 and 3.8 Released (October 15, 2021)

These maintenance releases contain compatibility fixes for OMNeT++ 6.0 Preview 13 and OMNeT++ 5.7.
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INET-4.3.3 and INET 4.2.6 Released (September 1, 2021)

These maintenance releases contain compatibility fixes for OMNeT++ 6.0 Preview 12 and OMNeT++ 5.7 Preview 1 or later.
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INET-4.3.2 and INET 4.2.5 Released (May 18, 2021)

These maintenance releases contain compatibility fixes for OMNeT++ 6 Preview 11.
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INET-4.3.1 Stable Release Available (April 7, 2021)

This release contains a compatibility fix to build and run properly on OMNeT++ 6 Preview 11.
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INET-4.3.0 Stable Release Available (January 13, 2021)

This is a new minor stable release of the INET 4.x branch. The highlights of this release are the infrastructure for Time-Sensitive Networking protocols, the EIGRP routing protocol and DCTCP congestion control.
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INET-4.2.2 Stable Release Available (January 11, 2021)

This release contains a compatibility fix to build and run properly on Windows with OMNeT++ 6 Preview 10.
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INET-3.7.0 Stable Release Available (January 6, 2021)

This release adds an IPsec model, improves on UDPBasicApp, and contains small bug fixes. It requires OMNeT++ 5.3 or later, or OMNeT++ 6.0 Preview 9 or 10.
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New 802.11 Showcases: Coexistence of IEEE 802.11 and 802.15.4; Crosstalk Between Adjacent IEEE 802.11 Channels (March 26, 2020)

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Visualizing the Spectrum of Radio Signals Showcase Released (March 26, 2020)

INET supports the visualization of the physical properties of radio signals in the temporal, spectral, and spatial dimensions in various forms. This visualization can help you understand, for example, why a particular signal was received or not received successfully in the presence of interference from other signals or noise.
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INET-4.2.0 Release Available (January 8, 2020)

This version introduces a new, efficient and powerful multidimensional representation of radio signals, which makes it possible to accurately simulate phenomena such as cross-talk and coexistence. Associated visualization components can display power density heat map, spectrum, spectrogram, etc. (see demo).
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New Emulation Showcases: Testing a Linux Routing Daemon in a Simulated Environment; Using Simulated Applications in a Real Network (November 15, 2019)

Testing a Linux Routing Daemon in a Simulated Environment


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New 802.11 Showcases: Fragmentation, QoS, Block Acknowledgement (July 10, 2019)

Three new showcase examples demonstrating the IEEE 802.11 model in INET have been released.
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INET-3.6.5 Stable Release Available (April 18, 2019)

This release contains minor bug fixes and compatibility fixes for the OMNeT++ 5.4.1 release and for recent Linux distros. It requires OMNeT++ 5.3 or later.
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Modeling Directional Antennas Showcase Released (April 1, 2019)

This showcase aims to highlight the antenna models available in INET. The showcase contains an example simulation which demonstrates the directionality of five antenna models. Four of these represent well known antenna models, while the last one is a universal antenna which can model any rotationally symmetrical antenna pattern.
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IEEE 802.15.4 Smart Home Showcase Released (March 22, 2019)

IEEE 802.15.4 is a widely used standard for wireless sensor networks. INET has support for simulating various IEEE 802.15.4 physical and MAC layers. This showcase demonstrates the narrowband IEEE 802.15.4 model available in INET. It contains an example simulation which features a wireless sensor network.
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INET-4.1.0 Release Available (January 29, 2019)

This is a new minor stable release of the INET 4.x branch. It comes with some backward incompatile changes, a few new features, a number of smaller improvements, and many bug fixes. This version requires OMNeT++ 5.4.1 or later.
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Multiple Wireless Interfaces Showcase Released (November 19, 2018)

In real life, many wireless devices have multiple radios so that they can communicate on multiple wireless networks simultaneously. Examples of such devices are mobile phones that have cellular, WiFi and Bluetooth interfaces, or a dual-band wireless router. This showcase demonstrates how such devices can be simulated in INET.
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Additional Visiualization Showcases Released (October 12, 2018)

Various new visualization showcases have been added that show how to display terrain and urban environment, submodule and node related information and statistics.
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Instrument Figures Showcase Released (October 4, 2018)

In complex simulations, there are usually several statistics that are vital for understanding what is happening inside the network. Although statistics can also be found and read in Qtenv’s object inspector panel, it is often more convenient to directly display them on the top-level canvas in a graphical form. INET supports such visualization in the form of inspector figures that display various gauges and meters.
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Mobility Showcases Released (September 13, 2018)

These showcases demonstrate various elementary mobility models (both in 2D and 3D) and how elementary mobility models (those that describe motion, position and orientation on their own) can be combined to create more complex motion patterns.
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Differentiated Services Showcase Released (August 17, 2018)

This showcase presents an example network that employs DiffServ to provide preferential service to voice over other types of traffic.
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MAC Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks Showcase Released (July 30, 2018)

There are media access control (MAC) protocols designed specifically for wireless sensor networks. INET has several such protocol implementations, alongside IEEE 802.15.4 models. This showcase consists of two parts. In Part 1, we demonstrate three wireless sensor network MAC protocols with three example simulations of a wireless sensor network. In Part 2, we compare the three protocols using statistics.
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Visualizing Radio Medium Activity Showcase Released (July 27, 2018)

INET contains support for visualizing radio signals as they propagate through space, making it easy to see which nodes are transmitting and which are receiving at any given time, and what signals are present at various nodes.
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MANET Routing Protocols Showcase Released (July 20, 2018)

Most routing protocols for mobile adhoc networks (MANETs) can be categorized as being either reactive or proactive. INET contains various routing protocols for MANETs from both categories, and from other categories as well.
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PCAP Recording Showcase Released (July 19, 2018)

INET has support for recording PCAP traces from simulations. The recording process produces PCAP files that are similar to real world PCAP traces, so one can use the same tools and techniques for analyzing simulated traffic as used on real traffic, such as Wireshark and TCPDump. Knowledge of PCAP can be reused in the context of simulations.
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INET-4.0.0 Release Available (June 28, 2018)

With the new INET 4.0 release, the development of the old INET 3.x branch is stopped. Users are strongly encouraged to use the new INET 4.0 version for new projects and also for migrating existing projects. Admittably, migration is not trivial, but there’s an ‘INET 4.0 Migration Guide’ to help with the task under the ‘doc/misc’ folder.
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INET-3.99.3 Development Release Available (April 13, 2018)

This is planned to be the last development release of the upcoming INET-4.0 version.
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INET-3.6.4 Stable Release Available (March 22, 2018)

This release contains minor bug fixes and compatibility fixes for the OMNeT++ 5.3 Preview 4 release. It requires OMNeT++ 5.1 or later.
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INET-3.99.2 Development Release Available (December 22, 2017)

This release is the next development snapshot of the upcoming INET-4.0 version.
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INET-3.6.3 Stable Release Available (December 22, 2017)

This release contains minor bug fixes and compatibility fixes for the OMNeT++ 5.3 Preview 1 release. It requires OMNeT++ 5.1 or later.
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INET-3.99.1 Development Release Available (November 17, 2017)

This release is the second development snapshot of the upcoming INET-4.0 version.
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Three More Showcase Examples (October 11, 2017)

We are happy to announce three new showcase examples for INET. Path Loss Models demonstrates the use of various path loss models for simulating radio propagation in INET, from simple ones like free space path loss to more complex ones like Rician and Rayleigh fading. Power Consumption demonstrates the modeling of energy consumption, energy storage and generation in INET through the example of a mobile ad-hoc network. Visualizing Transport Connections shows how to make INET add markers to the endpoints of transport connections to help visually matching them.
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Two More Showcases Released (October 6, 2017)

We are happy to announce the availability of two more showcase examples. Styling and Appearance discusses how to customize the INET visualizers. The Hidden Node Problem demonstrates the hidden node problem in 802.11 networks and the associated use of the RTS/CTS mechanism.
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INET-3.6.2 Stable Release Available (October 2, 2017)

This release contains minor bug fixes and compatibility fixes for the final OMNeT++ 5.2 release. It requires OMNeT++ 5.1 or later.
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IPv4 Network Configurator Tutorial Released (September 15, 2017)

How to configure IPv4 addresses and routing tables in an INET simulation is a recurring question on the mailing list. It is not always trivial how to use INET’s netwok configurator for various types of networks, and how to incorporate special requirements. Therefore, we are particularly happy to report that we have completed the writing of the IPv4 Network Configurator Tutorial, and it has been made available on the INET site. We hope that the tutorial will be useful, and help users get the most of out INET.
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INET-3.99.0 Development Release Available (August 24, 2017)

This release is the first development snapshot of the upcoming INET-4.0 version. It contains a number of non-trivial backward incompatible changes compared to the INET 3.x releases. These changes may require considerable efforts from INET users to migrate their projects and protocols. The migration may affect INI files, NED files, and C++ code. Please refer to the INET-4.0 migration guide under ‘doc/misc/’ for further details.
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Showcases and Tutorials Released (August 23, 2017)

We are happy to announce the first showcase examples and tutorials for the INET Framework. We have been internally working on these items for over a year.
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INET-3.6.0 Stable Release Available (June 14, 2017)

This release contains some important new features, several bug fixes, and a few minor enhancements. It requires OMNeT++ 5.1 or later.
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INET-3.5.0 Stable Release Available (February 22, 2017)

This release contains mostly bug fixes and compatibility changes. It requires OMNeT++ 5.1. Earlier versions of OMNeT++ are not compatible.
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INET-3.4.0 Stable Release Available (June 17, 2016)

This INET release requires OMNeT++ 5.0 or later. This is due to the new visualization feature which uses the Canvas and OSG APIs introduced in OMNeT++ 5.0. Most other parts of the codebase still builds with OMNeT++ 4.6.
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INET-3.3.0 Stable Release Available (June 3, 2016)

This release requires either OMNeT++ 4.6 or 5.0. (Earlier test versions of OMNeT++ will not work.)
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INET-3.2.4 Stable Release Available (April 6, 2016)

This is a minor maintenance release that requires either OMNeT++ 4.6, or 5.0. (Earlier test versions of OMNeT++ will not work.)
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INET-3.2.3 Stable Release Available (March 16, 2016)

This is a minor maintenance release that requires either OMNeT++ 4.6, or 5.0rc or later. (Earlier test versions of OMNeT++ will not work.)
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INET-3.2.1 Stable Release Available (January 22, 2016)

This minor version fixes several issues reported since the latest release.
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INET-3.2.0 Stable Release Available (December 17, 2015)

For this release, we put a lot of work into refining and validating the new, extensible 802.11 MAC model to make it ready for replacing the old codebase. We used the ns-3 Wifi model for validation. This INET version, in addition to other improvements and bug fixes, also compiles with the recently released 3rd beta of OMNeT++ 5.0.
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INET-3.1.1 Stable Release Available (October 26, 2015)

INET 3.1.1 is now available for download.
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INET-3.0.0 Stable Release Available (June 24, 2015)

INET 3.0.0 is now available for download. This release contains a lot of new features and fixes compared to 2.6. Please read the what’s new file carefully to see all the changes in detail. This release is not source compatible with 2.6 so you may need to adjust your models after upgrading.
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INET-2.99.1 Development Release Available (May 13, 2015)

This release is the second snapshot of the development that has begun in early 2013, and will culminate in the release of INET-3.0. The code is now fairly stable and we do not expect major changes before 3.0.
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INET-2.6.0 Stable Release Available (March 5, 2015)

We are happy to announce the latest stable version of the INET Framework. This version requires OMNeT++ 4.6 or OMNeT++ 5.0b1.
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Mailing List Name Change (November 14, 2014)

Service Announcement: We have renamed the [email protected] mailing list to [email protected], to better reflect the purpose of the list as a discussion forum for those who contribute to INET. If you are already subscribed, you don’t need to do anything, except for maybe updating your mail filter rules. The mailing list continues to be available at the updated web address https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/inetframework-contrib.
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INET-2.99.0 Development Release Available (November 10, 2014)

This release is a snapshot of the development that has begun in early 2013, and will culminate in the release of INET-3.0. The code is work in progress, which means all details may still change until 3.0 is reached.
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INET-2.5.0 Stable Release Available (October 30, 2014)

We are happy to announce the latest stable version of the INET Framework. This version requires OMNeT++ 4.6.
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INET-2.4.0 Stable Release Available (June 12, 2014)

We are happy to announce the latest stable version of the INET Framework. This version requires OMNeT++ 4.3 or 4.4.
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INET-2.3.0 Stable Release Available (March 27, 2014)

We are happy to announce the latest stable version of the INET Framework. This version requires OMNeT++ 4.3 or 4.4.
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INET-2.2.0 Stable Release Available (August 23, 2013)

We are happy to announce the latest stable version of the INET Framework. This version requires OMNeT++ 4.2 or 4.3.
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INET-2.1.0 Stable Release Available (February 1, 2013)

This is the latest stable version of the INET Framework. This version is now recommended for your further INET-based development. It requires OMNeT++ 4.2 or 4.3.
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INET-2.0.0 Stable Release Available (August 7, 2012)

We are happy to announce the INET Framework 2.0.0 release. The INET Framework is an open-source communication networks simulation package for the OMNeT++ simulation environment. It contains models for several wired and wireless networking protocols, including UDP, TCP, SCTP, IP, IPv6, Ethernet, PPP, 802.11, MPLS, OSPF, and many others. We recommend that you port your existing models to the new 2.0 version so you can benefit from new features and improvements.
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New INET Development Release: INET-1.99.5 (June 22, 2012)

We have just released the last 1.99.x version for the development branch of INET. Highlights of this release are a new DiffServ framework and the overhaul of the OSPFv2 model. You can download INET-1.99.5 here, or read what’s new in this version here.
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New INET Development Release: INET-1.99.4 (March 21, 2012)

We have just released a new version from the development branch of INET. It contains some features that did not make into the previous version. You can download INET-1.99.4 here, or read what’s new in this version here.
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New INET Development Release: INET-1.99.3 (February 24, 2012)

We have just released a new version from the development branch of INET. You can download INET-1.99.3 here, or read what’s new in this version here.
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New INET Releases: INET-20111118 (stable), INET-1.99.2 (development) (November 18, 2011)

INET-20111118 is an update of the previous stable INET version to the just-released OMNeT++ 4.2, with a few bug fixes. The other download, INET-1.99.2 represents a snapshot of the development effort ongoing since the last 1.99.x release in March, which will eventually result in the 2.0 stable release. Download the source here.
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Development Snapshot INET-1.99.1 (May 27, 2011)

Work on INET is progressing fast. The 1.99.x snapshots represent the consolidation of the INET codebase as well as integrating various external INET extensions created by the community, and will eventually result in a 2.0 stable release. Download the source here.
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Development Snapshot INET-1.99.0 (March 3, 2011)

This release is a snapshot of work in progress, please do not use it for research. The source is available from the download page.
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INET-20110225 Released (February 25, 2011)

We are happy to announce a new release of the INET Framework, INET-20110225. This release contains #include fixes needed for INET to compile with OMNeT++ 4.2b1. (If you have your own copy or fork of INET, apply this and this patch.) Other changes in this INET release include SCTP fixes and additional SCTP statistics by Alberto Cortes. Download
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INET Web Site Redesigned (August 16, 2010)

The INET Framework’s web site has received a face lift.
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BGPv4 Model Contributed to INET (August 5, 2010)

Helene Lageber has contributed a BGPv4 model to the INET Framework. The code is now available in the topic/bgpv4 branch of the INET repo; it will be integrated into the INET master branch after some refinements and testing.
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INET-20100723 Released (July 23, 2010)

A new INET Framework has been released. The most significant change is new features for the TCP model by Thomas Reschka. See the release announcement.
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