Applicable VersionNetSim AcademicNetSim StandardNetSim Pro


NetSim being a windows system software uses (i) Windows System error codes, and (ii) RLM status values that are part of reprise software used for licensing.


The description for common error messages displayed in the simulation console can be found at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/debug/system-error-codes


For eg: Error No 17 refers to ERROR_NOT_SAME_DEVICE which occurs when "The system cannot move the file to a different disk drive" as described in
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/debug/system-error-codes--0-499-

Similarly, licensing related error codes and descriptions can be found in the following documentation under the RLM Status Values section:
http://www.reprisesoftware.com/RLM_License_Administration.pdf

For instance, licensing error -17 is RLM_EL_COMM_ERROR refers to Error communicating with Server and this indicates a basic communication error with the license server, either in a network initialization, read, or write call


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Complete NetSim documentation: https://tetcos.com/netsim-documentation.html