--- a/src/contrib/brite/brite-topology-helper.cc	Tue Nov 02 17:19:16 2010 -0400
+++ b/src/contrib/brite/brite-topology-helper.cc	Thu Nov 04 11:21:48 2010 -0400
@@ -16,6 +16,24 @@
  * Author: Josh Pelkey <jpelkey@gatech.edu>
  */
 
+#include "ns3/log.h"
+#include "ns3/abort.h"
+
+#include "Brite.h"
+#include "brite-topology-helper.h"
+
 namespace ns3 {
 
+BriteTopologyHelper::BriteTopologyHelper ()
+  : m_member (0)
+{
+}
+
+void
+BriteTopologyHelper::TestMethod (void)
+{
+  Topology* topology;
+  Model* model;
+}
+
 } // namespace ns3

--- a/src/contrib/brite/brite-topology-helper.h	Tue Nov 02 17:19:16 2010 -0400
+++ b/src/contrib/brite/brite-topology-helper.h	Thu Nov 04 11:21:48 2010 -0400
@@ -19,9 +19,24 @@
 #ifndef BRITE_TOPOLOGY_HELPER_H
 #define BRITE_TOPOLOGY_HELPER_H
 
+#include "ns3/channel.h"
+#include "ns3/node-container.h"
+#include "ns3/node-list.h"
+#include "ns3/net-device-container.h"
+
 namespace ns3 {
 
+class BriteTopologyHelper
+{
+  public:
+    BriteTopologyHelper ();
+    ~BriteTopologyHelper () {};
+    void TestMethod ();
+
+  private:
+    int m_member;
+};
 
 } // namespace ns3
 
-#endif /* SIMULATOR_H */
+#endif /* BRITE_TOPOLOGY_HELPER_H */

--- a/src/contrib/brite/wscript	Tue Nov 02 17:19:16 2010 -0400
+++ b/src/contrib/brite/wscript	Thu Nov 04 11:21:48 2010 -0400
@@ -28,9 +28,23 @@
                                      "BRITE not found (see option --with-brite)")
         return
 
-## Will need to add some stuff here to check that the library exists, etc
+    conf.env.append_value('CXXDEFINES', 'BRITE_INTEGRATION')
+    conf.check(mandatory=True, lib='dl', define_name='HAVE_DL', uselib='DL')
+
+    lib_to_check = 'libbrite.so'
+
+    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(conf.env['WITH_BRITE'], lib_to_check)):
+        conf.env['BRITE_ENABLED'] = False
+        conf.report_optional_feature("brite", "BRITE Integration", False,
+              "BRITE library %s is missing: BRITE has not been built?" % lib_to_check)
+        return
+
+    for brite_module in ['.']:
+        conf.env.append_value('NS3_MODULE_PATH',
+                              os.path.abspath(os.path.join(conf.env['WITH_BRITE'], brite_module)))
+
+    conf.env['BRITE_ENABLED'] = True
     conf.report_optional_feature("brite", "BRITE Integration", True, "")
-    return
 
 
 def build(bld):
@@ -48,3 +62,4 @@
     if bld.env['BRITE_ENABLED']:
         module.source.append ('brite-topology-helper.cc')
         headers.source.append ('brite-topology-helper.h')
+        module.uselib = 'DL'