On 8/26/21 9:42 AM, Chris Smith via 44Net wrote:
On 26 Aug 2021, at 08:35, Rob PE1CHL via 44Net 44net@mailman.ampr.org wrote:
On 8/26/21 9:33 AM, Chris Smith via 44Net wrote:
Announcing a prefix yourself and joining the IPIP mesh are mutually exclusive.
Can you explain?
I mean that members either request a /24 (or larger) and announce it via BGP for their project, or they (typically) request a smaller prefix and join the IPIP mesh / AMPRNet.
Chris
But you can have a /24 or larger subnet announced on BGP and have the same subnet on the IPIP mesh as well. In fact this improves connectivity for hosts within AMPRnet that are not routing towards internet or do so with limitations (e.g. NAT).
When the IPIP mesh has been replaced with the new backbone, it would be the default situation to be on that backbone network and have that announce your subnet on BGP, as I see it. So it would still mean you can route from/towards internet via your BGP announcement, and towards other AMPRnet users via the backbone.
Rob