Yes I think the design and deployment of the new backbone network which would replace IPIP tunnels and would offload the mandatory task of (complex) routing from the beginning user should be the first priority. It would lower the bar of entry and it would also solve the issues that the recent TAC proposal appears to target.
When budget is a problem, I think some of the existing gateways (certainly the one here in the Netherlands) would be able to offer the function or the hosting of that function for their region. We currently have 1Gbit internet connection, soon to be upgraded to 10Gbit, and a powerful system. Furthermore I think that bandwidth and performance is not really the first concern at the current load. Focus should be on reliability, possibly through having enough redundancy in the network.
Rob
On 8/2/21 10:29 PM, Rosy Wolfe via 44Net wrote:
We have a tangle of issues like the complexity of IPIP tunnels, to BGP routing, to address space sparseness, to low performance.
With this in mind, what problems with the AMPRnet do you think we should be trying to solve first?
One thing we haven't communicated well before, is that we are actively discussing budget and infrastructure for a “backbone” network of PoPs (Points of Presence) of the 44net on various continents, to make it easier for hams to connect to the AMPRnet with minimal effort and higher performance. If you have ideas about how you would like to see this happen, feel free to share here on the mailing list. I know that there’s at least one alternative proposal on the way.