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.
-- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR Disinformation Architect