[HamWAN PSDR] POLL: How do you feel about HamWAN network having shared control of the microwave modem @ your location?

[Benjamin Krueger]

Maybe we should go over the routing infrastructure. I didn't realize we
were letting client devices do any routing. That's a recipe for disaster.
They should simply send packets to our sites, and we do all the routing
from there. Why wouldn't we have any client nodes simply be dumb gateways
for their network?


On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Bart Kus <me at bartk.us> wrote:

>  HamWAN is not just a backbone.  It's a wide-area-coverage network with
> its own backbone as a necessity.  The health of PtP links is not at issue,
> but the PtMP layer is.  There are many examples, but here are a few:
>
> 1) Configure the clients with the latest frequency scan lists so that they
> can find sites
> 2) Push new routes down to clients for re-announcement and usage in home
> networks
> 3) Update firmware on clients when critical problems are found
>
> --Bart
>
>
>
> On 2/28/2013 4:53 PM, Benjamin Krueger wrote:
>
> Why do we need to manage end-clients in order to maintain a solid backbone?
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Bart Kus <me at bartk.us> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Keeping the network and all client devices correctly configured is no
>> easy feat.  These are complicated devices with 100s of settings, which will
>> need to change in coordinated ways over time.  To ensure correct operation,
>> it would make sense for the HamWAN network to push updates and change
>> settings on end-user modems.  Almost all ISPs run this way already.  The
>> difference is you can still login + control your device, but any setting
>> changes you make which make the device non-compliant in ways HamWAN cares
>> about would be automatically overridden with a config update from the
>> network.  If the network can't control and repair your device settings, you
>> would lose authorization onto the network until the settings are fixed.
>>
>> I see this shared administration model as the only one that's feasible in
>> keeping a reliable network running.
>>
>> Please let me know if you are OK with it, if you object to it, or if you
>> have a better idea.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --Bart
>>
>>
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> Benjamin
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