21 Jul
2019
21 Jul
'19
7:32 a.m.
Hi Rob,
Le 19/07/2019 à 11:42, Rob Janssen a écrit :
Now that we are all going to have to dive into our
router
configurations, wouldn't it be a
good time to make some changes that are long overdue?
Of course, testing new things, trying to "modernize" our old network
topology, and start thinking about IPv6, is probably the most clever
thing we can do.
That's what we're trying to do (quite modestly) here, in Corsica. We are
using Plug and Play TKBoxes, with OpenWRT, OpenVPN and internal OSPF
routing. Doing NAT traversal is easy for outbound, but it does not work
for inbound connections. That's why our setup relies on a central
gateway, which manages all the in/out communications. It's less
fault-tolerant than a full-mesh. But for now, I do not see how to do a
full mesh with automatic NAT traversal. This topology works fine for us,
because we're an island with two big cities. So, a dual-star network,
with two redundant entry points, seems quite natural. But this may not
apply everywhere. Maybe it's possible to create some "regional" or
"country-wide" platforms ? Before, we had a full-mesh and a gateway in
San Diego. Maybe we can have more distributed platforms and gateways
over the world... Communications from/to Internet are mandatory
nowadays; we can't just ignore them and continue working in "closed"
networks.
There are a lot of technical things to investigate and try here...
*
**But my main question is WHY ? Why should we continue spending our time
and our money, with the risk of being sold as old socks ?*
If I clearly understand, and agree, with the sale of 1/4 of the AMPRNet
address range, I don't really understand why we were not informed
before, which would have allowed everybody to contribute to the debate,
and to be involved in the final decision. I'm from a tiny country who
initiated what is probably the first democratic constitution of the
modern era in 1755, and it's known that it inspired the United States
constitution. So, this kind of "monarchical" decision makes me very
disappointed and sad.
*
**More threatening : I discussed on Facebook "Ham Radio Operators" group
with a guy (Bill HORNE) which clearly advocates for the sale of the full
AMPRNet range, and which even tries to give arguments for that !*
That makes me say : What am I doing here, and shouldn't I switch to
something else before I'm sold to Amazon or Google ?
This is nothing more than a (disappointed and sad) personal feeling...
PS : Sorry if I can't answer in the next 10 days, I'll switch to a more
brain-cleaner activity : a music festival ;-)
73 de TK1BI