7 Sep
2014
7 Sep
'14
2:30 p.m.
On Sun, 27 Jul 2014, Tom Hayward wrote:
HamWAN (http://hamwan.org) is an OSPF mesh based
network using 44net
with multiple Internet backhauls. Unfortunately the IPIP tunnel design
requires a single tunnel endpoint so within AMPR we have a single
point of failure, but at least the rest of the Internet benefits from
our multiple backhauls.
Even OSLR has difficulty with this sort of situation, unless one wants
to build/hack a router to use as a hub point for terminating the IPIP
link to mirrorshades and then duplicate/flood all the traffic in the
direction of each known router. That fails the single-point-of-failure
test, however. RF-wise, it does make a little sense, if you have a
high-enough antenna and coverage to match. But again, single point of
failure, which is not in keeping with the failure-tolerant design of the
internet.
In my opinion, they made a big mistake not utilizing
44net for
their address space.
Agreed, but some countries don't have the IP space that some states do.
Indeed, many mountaintops don't have 902-928 MHz, 2.4GHz, or 5.8GHz
available for use.
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Kris Kirby, KE4AHR
Disinformation Architect