The external interface makes it possible to connect the simulation with real networks. In this example the network consists of only one host. Currently the host can be used to run ICMP and SCTP as echo server or discard server. To run this example, some parameters have to be adjusted in the omnetpp.ini. - Make sure that you have libpcap-dev (v1.5.3 or later) installed on your machine. - Turn on the "Network Emulation" feature (In IDE / INET Project Properties / Project Features (if you forget this you will receive a 'Class "inet::cSocketRTScheduler" not found' error) - Rebuild INET. - Set **.ext[0].device to the device name of the interface of the computer running the simulation. - On your server, add a route to the host 10.1.1.1 and set the gateway to the IP address of the computer, on which the simulation is running. Start the simulation with root privileges.