30 Dec
2020
30 Dec
'20
8:13 a.m.
On 12/30/20 2:53 PM, Toussaint OTTAVI via 44Net wrote:
But I think we should also try to normalize the portion between those "Access
Routers" (let's call them "POPs") and the endpoint routers.
Having a common system for all the endpoints, all over the world, is the best solution
for developers to adopt it. We'll get more "plug and play" solutions, more
integration in various existing systems, and more users. A D-Star or DMR repeater works
everywhere in the world, because protocols are (somewhat) standardized. Just provide the
IP of a reflector / master server (of your choice), choose your protocol (there are
several), and it works ! We should be able to achieve the same goal for 44net addressing.
If the protocols and routing policies are standardized, anybody is free to implement them
with the hardware / software of its choice (Linux, Windows, Mikrotik, Raspberry Pi,
OpenWRT, etc...).
In principle I agree with that, but I fear the discussions and disagreements about what
that standard should look like.
Protocols are standardized, but new ones appear all the time. Many routers implement
only well-established standard
protocols (L2TP, GRE, PPTP, SSTP), and not newfangled things like wireguard or openvpn.
Ok you write "choose your protocol (there are several)" and that could mean we
could have several "standard protocols"
and they need not be the same set all over the world.
Rob