28 Jul
2021
28 Jul
'21
11:56 a.m.
On 28 Jul 2021, at 13:51, Rob PE1CHL via 44Net
<44net(a)mailman.ampr.org> wrote:
On 7/28/21 1:45 PM, Tony Langdon via 44Net wrote:
It’s great that this works for your network, but as a TAC we want to accommodate for all
networks out there, including the ones that use the ISP router. If we force people to have
a router that supports OpenVPN (or any other protocol) then we immediately increase the
barrier of entry. Our goal is the opposite: decrease it. We want more people in the
network, not less.
That said, all our policy aims to create a network where it’s easy and accessible for
people to join, however they like, and do whatever they want. We want to support all use
cases, not just one.
Antonis
So for me, the static routing capabilities of the ISP router are
irrelevant, I've designed my network to ensure that's the case.
In all networks I manage it is the same. I think it is very unwise to design a
network
based on capabilities of ISP routers, as these vary widely and can change outside our
control.
Having an extra device (Raspberry Pi or similar, MikroTik router or similar) or at worst
some
code running on a PC (VPN client) is the way to go. Routing by ISP router isn't.
Rob