23 Apr
2014
23 Apr
'14
9:02 p.m.
What relevance does any of this tangential discussion have to the 44/8
network?
It seems to be that discussion about how SIP works, or what a URI is, or
what SRV records are, or how service discovery can be realized on a
global IP network would be relevant to *any* IP network. Surely there
are more appropriate forums for such discussion. Surely such forums have
a deeper and broader base of experience more equipped to field these
concerns. Surely, if these problems can be solved, the internet at large
should benefit.
Perhaps I do not understand the point of 44net. Is the point not to
build an RF network that is part of the internet, but rather to discuss
how hams might build an isolated network for their own needs while
squatting on a full 0.4% of the IPv4 address space for no reason at all?
Let me put it more bluntly: if what you are discussing could work on
10/8 just as well as it could work on 44/8, then please consider that
maybe your discussion isn't very inspired. Having a full /8 block of
potentially globally routable IP addressing space available to the
amateur radio service is a unique opportunity, one that could not
feasibly be purchased today, and one that has been largely squandered
thus far. If you don't immediately understand what unique opportunity
44/8 presents, then perhaps you are not a very good network engineer and
you should consider talking less and listening more carefully.