29 Dec
2020
29 Dec
'20
12:48 p.m.
Le 29/12/2020 à 16:19, Marius Petrescu via 44Net a écrit :
The main issue is to separate regular users from a backbone
infrastructure.
+1
What is done in the infrastructure and how it is
interconnected is not
important to the end user. It can be mesh, direct routing, whatever.
That would be our first job : define a new commun infrastructure with
regional / country-wide POPs.
From my point of view, It should be the choice of the operator of the
POP to decide what user access protocol they choose. For example L2TP
is still supported on many devices and is a good candidate, and even
the old PPTP will do.
That's what some of us are already doing. Here, in Corsica, we've been
using OpenVPN for site to site and user connections, and we are now
testing Wireguard (due to lots of odd things with OpenVPN). Our goal was
for the user access protocol to be 100% plug-and-play. It must work
through any NAT Internet box with not-necessarly-fixed IP. Our endpoints
are using OpenWRT.
There is no need to find a single universal solution for everything.
If the backbone works (and the current mesh could be the base of this
backbone, with simple users just opting out as other connection
options become available).
I don't really agree. IMHO, the key for mass adoption is the
availability of ready-to-use images for tiny computers such as Raspberry
Pi. Distributions such as Pi-Star have been very popular for building
digital mode hotspots and repeaters. Same for AllStar in the analog
world. And there are many other examples. IMHO, the best solution for me
would be the availability of ready-to-use images/firmwares, to be
flashed on an inexpensive device, and providing immediate AMPRNet IP
addressing with near-to-zero configuration
This can only be achieved if we all use the same scheme. Of course, we
don't want to "lock" anybody to a specific protocol or platform. And we
don't want to prevent anybody from experimenting new things (which is
our primary goal, HI). But if we have a common framework all over the
world, I think implementation of end-user solutions such as Plug and
Play OpenWRT routers, or integration of AMPRNet routing in existing
distributions for Raspberry Pi and clones, would be easier.
73 de TK1BI