Am 08.11.2012 21:03, schrieb Hans Liu:
On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 3:40 AM, Ray Bellis <[email protected]> wrote:
On 8 Nov 2012, at 14:28, Ted Lemon <[email protected]> wrote:
Sure, but "log a system management error" is not something that a home router vendor can
meaningfully implement, unless it puts a speaker in the home router and has it start bellowing
"out of addresses" in every known language.
But the real problem is that this signal, even if received, will be misinterpreted as
"router is broken, return to Home Despot and replace with one that isn't
broken."
<no hat>
I note that the Apple Airport Utility pops up warnings about various errors,
some of which relate to sub-optimal network configuration, rather than
misconfiguration. In particular, they warn you if you try to use double NAT.
Users can acknowledge those warnings, so they no longer appear.
I can envisage a box issuing a similar warning if it only gets a /64 from its
upstream.
As a CPE vendor, I don't think I'd design my product this way. I won't
have my router to issue a warning if it only gets a /64 from its
upstream. The reason? Users see a warning in either log or LED, they
call either the operator or my customer service. I really don't want
to say so but the one that will face a problem is the downstream
router, and that's not my problem.
Your CPE router could be the downstream router. The user buys it, plugs
it in, doesn't work. No warning, nothing.
He throws it out, even if it's not your fault, and never buys anything
from your company again.
How's that for a scenario?
Mat
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