(I've changed the subject) Chris Grundemann <[email protected]> wrote: >> 1) I would ask the CableLabs guys to more clearly articulate what >> their timeline is, and what features are really in that timeline. >> (It seems to me that we could be done already if the ISPs pushed >> their suppliers of CPE devices to join the homenet WG and participate, >> and/or hired proxies and/or open-source authors to act as >> intermediaries/consultants. I realize that to first order, CableLabs >> *is* fullfulling some of that exact role)
> The timeline we are working from is ASAP; not having fully functional IPv6
> capable home routers is currently a significant hurdle to real IPv6
> adoption in residential broadband networks.
ASAP doesn't tell us what the product lifecycle for the devices that are
going to be produced is.
> The key features (from my perspective) are very much in line with the
> homenet architecture documents stated principles, namely basic network
> detection (where's the Internet), addressing of both end-clients and
> multiple home routers, routing between in-home CPE (IPv4 and IPv6),
> routing from in-home CPE to the Internet (IPv4 w/ NAT and IPv6), in-home
> multicast forwarding (primarily in support of existing service discovery
> protocols), and basic fire walling (simple security) on the CER.
Not having compared your list to the arch document, I think that the only
thing you left out is multiple ISPs.
> Within the CableLabs "ecosystem" we are absolutely working with suppliers
> and have included all of the above key features in the eRouter
> specification:
>
https://www.cablelabs.com/doczone/docsis/requirements/specs/current/issued/
> erouter/DocZoneFolder_view (the notable exception is edge detection, as
It requires a login.... I've asked for one.
> currently rely on the inclusion of a Cable Modem (CM) as indication of
> where the/an ISP is connected to the HIPnet). The HIPnet draft
> (draft-grundemann-hipnet) is our effort to share what we have already
> completed with the wider IETF audience.
Okay, so you already have an extra edge detection.
Maybe you can send text for Erik Kline's document.
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