Re: [44net] ipencap routing question -> What about the future ?

Such images can be made as a by-product of a new network design, but please understand that the main objective of the network changes should be that such special images should become unnecessary to get a working network connection. It should work with a normal router. "normal" in the sense that it requires a little more than basic home NAT router functionality, but any commercial router that is able to setup a VPN like L2TP/IPsec, SSTP, PPTP etc should be able to join the network just using its standard configuration interface. And when it supports BGP, it should be able to participate in routing towards others. So, no special tricks required like we now have multipoint tunnels, ampr-ripd, etc and which would require preparation of an image for a newbie to be able to join. Sure it can be done as one of the options, as a project for someone who likes to make such images (with an initial configuration dialog etc) and loves to keep such things uptodate. A simple router like the MikroTik RB750Gr3 is in the same price class as a Raspberry Pi (when SD card, housing and power supply are included) and it conveniently provides 5 ethernet ports and a USB connector. For such a router, just an example configuration is required and the software is kept uptodate by someone else. Rob