Steven Barth <mailto:[email protected]>
3 June 2014 09:15
Well maybe it was worded a bit ambiguously. The main idea behind this
was that an HNCP router should provide "basic connectivity" in the
form of DHCPv4 and DHCPv6-PD to non-HNCP-routers. 7084 routers should
not do anything fancy and just work as legacy devices believing the
homenet is their ISP.
This should not mean you should be able to "tunnel" through 7084
routers or so.
Does that sound sane? And maybe what would be a better wording for
this idea?
It is a sane idea, and I applaud any manufacturer that can prevent that
a lot of 7084 routers are destined for the landfill sooner than they
should be.
But it's still a can of worms and you should think very carefully
whether you want this as a SHOULD in HNCP. I humbly suggest MAY at most.
e.g. What about the topology:
Homenet router ----- Homenet Router
| |
| |
L2 switch e.g. Powerline Ethernet
|
|
7084 router
Which Homenet router acts as the Service Provider Router of 7084?
That's even before considering the question, what do you do when the
7084 router is inserted between two Homenet routers?
In fairness I should declare that I was extremely skeptical about
publishing 7084, and whether it would be harmful for Homenet.
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Regards,
RayH
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