diff --git a/apps/debug.sh b/apps/debug.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+valgrind --leak-check=yes --trace-children=yes --log-file=./valgrind.out ../examples/ofdm_sim.py
+#valgrind --tool=callgrind --dump-instr=yes  --trace-children=yes --log-file=./valgrind.out ../examples/ofdm_sim.py
diff --git a/apps/nic.sh b/apps/nic.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+FILE="/tmp/ofdm.pcap"
+FLOWGRAPH="ofdm_transceiver.py"
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+### create fifo
+if [ -e ${FILE} ]
+then
+	echo "${FILE}: file already exists"
+	if ! [ -p ${FILE} ]
+	then
+		echo "ERROR: ${FILE} exists and is not a FIFO"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+else
+	echo "creating fifo: ${FILE}"
+	mkfifo ${FILE}
+fi
+
+
+### create tap interface
+if [[ `ifconfig -a | grep tap0 | wc -l` -eq 0 ]]
+then
+	sudo ip tuntap add dev tap0 user ${USER} mode tap
+fi
+
+### reconfigure it in any case, just to be sure it's up
+sudo ifconfig tap0 down
+sudo ifconfig tap0 hw ether 12:34:56:78:90:ab
+sudo ifconfig tap0 mtu 260
+sudo ifconfig tap0 up
+sudo ifconfig tap0 192.168.123.1
+
+sudo route del -net 192.168.123.0/24
+sudo route add -net 192.168.123.0/24 mss 200 dev tap0
+
+sudo tc qdisc del dev tap0 root
+sudo tc qdisc add dev tap0 root netem delay 100ms
+
+sudo arp -s 192.168.123.2 30:14:4a:e6:46:e4
+
+
+### start transceiver
+cd ${DIR}
+cd ../examples/
+./${FLOWGRAPH} &
+sleep 1
+
+
+### start wireshark
+wireshark -k -i ${FILE} &
+sleep 1
+
+
+### start netcat
+echo "##########################################################################"
+echo "### starting netcat. Just type and the lines will be send to the flowgraph"
+echo "##########################################################################"
+sleep 2
+
+#echo | nc -u localhost 52001
+cat
+
+
diff --git a/apps/nic_no_gui.sh b/apps/nic_no_gui.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+FLOWGRAPH="ofdm_transceiver_no_gui.py"
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+
+### create tap interface
+if [[ `ifconfig -a | grep tap0 | wc -l` -eq 0 ]]
+then
+	sudo ip tuntap add dev tap0 user ${USER} mode tap
+fi
+
+### reconfigure it in any case, just to be sure it's up
+sudo ifconfig tap0 down
+sudo ifconfig tap0 hw ether 12:34:56:78:90:ab
+sudo ifconfig tap0 mtu 260
+sudo ifconfig tap0 up
+sudo ifconfig tap0 192.168.123.1
+
+sudo route del -net 192.168.123.0/24
+sudo route add -net 192.168.123.0/24 mss 200 dev tap0
+
+sudo tc qdisc del dev tap0 root
+sudo tc qdisc add dev tap0 root netem delay 100ms
+
+sudo arp -s 192.168.123.2 30:14:4a:e6:46:e4
+
+
+### start transceiver
+cd ${DIR}
+cd ../examples/
+./${FLOWGRAPH}
+
+