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