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Proposed Addressing Structure
The address ranges to be allocated are in the- 172.16.80.0/20 (172.16.80.0-172.16.95.255) range for routing nodes
- 10.10.0.0/16 (10.10.0.0-10.10.255.255) range for client nodes.
freenetworks for more details.Routing Nodes
Routing nodes are IP routers in distinct locations (e.g. separate nodes on the node map) that- agree to meet Melbourne Wireless group consensus on the minimum requirements on routing nodes, such as
- you aim to have 24/7 uptime
- are prepared to forward traffic on-behalf of peer Melbourne Wireless nodes to other peer Melbourne Wireless nodes
- run OSPF as the wide area network (between nodes) interior gateway protocol, in a configuration prescribed by Melbourne Wireless group technical consensus
Routing nodes will be allocated one address from 172.16.80.0/20 range per wide-area wireless interface. Along with this will be an allocation of one or more /28 subnets from 10.10.0.0/16. This address space can be further subnetted to supply connectivity to (local area) wireless and wired client networks that form stub networks from the node. Reachability to directly connected 10.10.0.0 /28 subnets will be advertised through OSPF.
Client hosts
If you do not meet the above requirements, for instance- you don't want to run OSPF but are a distinct node on the nodemap
- you have just a laptop that you want to connect via wireless to a real routing node
- you have additional routers in a home network connected to your routing node
If you fall into the first category above - you don't want to run OSPF on your node - then you can only usefully use one WAN link to a true router-node. You must negotiate with this node owner to obtain 10.10.0.0/16 address space (she might for instance request another /28 on your behalf). The router-node might statically route this space to your node, or they might run RIPv2 with just you for instance.
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Will draw picture to show this in action...IPv6
The IPv4 allocations will be mimicked in the site level addressing part of an IPv6 /48 prefix (ie. bit positions 49-64) for those nodes that desire IPv6 address space.For the WAN addresses, this address will be fec0:172:16:xxxx::1/128 and for the clients subnets [[2002/fec0]]:????:????:xxxx::/62. This leaves space for future allocations 'over-the-top' when
RFC1918 IPv4 address space is available to us is depleted.For example, if a node is assigned 172.16.81.33 and 10.10.66.240-255, the corresponding IPv6 addresses/prefixes are also assigned: <48bitprefix1>:5121::1/128 and <48bitprefix2>:42F0::/62.
Version 1 (current) modified Mon, 26 Jul 2021 12:49:28 +0000 by graybeard
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