Hi, Curtis,
On 10/19/2011 8:50 PM, Curtis Villamizar wrote:
...
We want to assume that *all* AP are configured as routers except the
legacy ones that want to be a dumb bridge with NAT to one port.
AFAICT, you want to assume that:
- all AP routers are configured as per homenet
- all other APs are bridges only
I.e., if IP routing is supported then homenet is supported.
I would prefer if that were true, but I don't think it's a reasonable
assumption to make in an home environment, because...
On BSD and I suspect Linux as well, the default for:
net.inet.ip.forwarding
net.inet6.ip6.forwarding
are both zero.
Right, but that cannot be the default for a homenet box.
You are mixing the discussion of what we want in routers with what we
don't want enabled by default in every *legacy* PC, toaster and coffee
maker. If the coffee maker is a competent IPv6 router with extensions
to let it autoconfig, then let it be a router.
I would like to make the same assumption, but we all know that Linux
doesn't listen to the IETF standards. For any Linux parameter, we ought
to assume that it *will* change and we need to deal with it.
Since Linux is used in even dumb APs, that means that "future legacy"
(i.e., non-homenet) APs *will* end up routing at some point, and will
not support homenet.
We need to deal with that eventuality too.
Joe
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