This document evaluates the performance of proactive, reactive, and hybrid ad hoc routing protocols (OLSR, AODV, DYMO, ZRP) for IEEE 802.11 MAC and 802.11 DCF in a vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) simulation using Qualnet. It discusses the characteristics and operations of these four routing protocols. The simulation varies VANET parameters like speed and altitude. The results show that in real traffic scenarios, the proactive OLSR protocol performs more efficiently for IEEE 802.11 MAC and DCF compared to the reactive and hybrid protocols.