Folks,

As promised, here is my first cut at a Homenet "elevator pitch" - the 
description you give to non-specialists when you're in an elevator, and only 
have thirty seconds to tell about your project. 

I envision putting a final version of this text on the Homenet wiki Main Page: 
http://homewrt.org

I make no claim to accuracy - in fact, in several places, I'm "makin' stuff 
up." I welcome your suggestions, comments, improvements. Thanks.

Rich

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Homenet routers configure themselves largely without human intervention. You 
can take several Homenet routers out of the box, connect them together, and 
everything will "just work." Homenet routers will also detect non-Homenet 
routers, and configure themselves to work properly.

Homenet routers implement a distributed networking manager that simplifies home 
network configuration. Routers exchange addressing, routing, and naming 
information to provide these services:

- Automatic assignment of IPv4 and IPv6 prefixes
- Babel mesh or hncp-routing between all interfaces
- Centralized DHCP service, with DHCP options propagation
- DNS name-based service discovery, using mDNS/DNS-SD hybrid proxy

Homenet is based on ongoing work in IETF's Homenet Working Group, with many of 
its RFCs on a track to become Internet Standards.

In mid-2016, there are two major Homenet implementations - hnet-full for 
OpenWrt/LEDE and shncpd for Linux. These are stable and interoperate well. They 
need more real-world testing.

For more information about Homenet, see 
http://www.homewrt.org/doku.php?id=overview
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