Re: [Autoconf] Autoconf addressing model

"Joe Macker" <joseph.macker@nrl.navy.mil> Thu, 05 March 2009 16:55 UTC

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From: Joe Macker <joseph.macker@nrl.navy.mil>
To: "'Stan Ratliff (sratliff)'" <sratliff@cisco.com>, 'Alexandru Petrescu' <alexandru.petrescu@gmail.com>
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Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:55:34 -0500
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Subject: Re: [Autoconf] Autoconf addressing model
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Ditto what Stan says... for what its worth.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: autoconf-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:autoconf-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Stan Ratliff (sratliff)
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 4:35 PM
> To: Alexandru Petrescu
> Cc: autoconf@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [Autoconf] Autoconf addressing model
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alexandru Petrescu [mailto:alexandru.petrescu@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 12:29 PM
> > To: Stan Ratliff (sratliff)
> > Cc: Charles E. Perkins; autoconf@ietf.org
> > Subject: Re: [Autoconf] Autoconf addressing model
> >
> > Stan Ratliff (sratliff) a écrit :
> > > First off, you *can't* arbitrarily limit subnets to 25m. 25m from
> > > what? The center?
> >
> > Yes, an area of 25meters with a wifi access point in the center.
> 
> *By definition*, what you describe is not a MANET. As you state, that's just a WiFi access point. That's
> already solved -- 802.11 clients can roam from access point to access point. But again, this should not be
> an 802.11-centric discussion.
> 
> >
> > > And, how do you designate the center? Do you constantly
> > re-calculate
> > > the center based on movement?
> >
> > No, not constantly re-computed.  But have a fixed view at a
> > point in time.  Saying everything varies isn't helpful either.
> >
> 
> It may not be helpful, but it's reality. You can't rely on a fixed view of a dynamic network; again, by
> definition, there's movement in a MANET. Links come and go, and link quality varies from moment to moment.
> 
> 
> > > Also, from a radio perspective, how do you tell how far
> > apart you are
> > > in the first place? Do you suppose that all radios have
> > GPS? That's a
> > > non-starter, because GPS signals aren't always available.
> >
> > No I didn't suppose GPS is available on each device, it
> > wouldn't work well under foliage.  Just a rough evaluation of
> > a specific link-layer radio range, correspondign to widely
> > used networks.
> >
> > > And what about the wired MANET case brought up by Christopher
> > > Dearlove? Should we limit the cable runs?
> >
> > YEs, certainly.  All cabled link-layers have specific
> > limitations on their lengths: 2m USB, 50m Ethernet Category6
> > (IIRC) and so on.
> >
> > > I could understand (but
> > > wouldn't really like) the notion of limiting the discussion
> > to links
> > > that are transitive; but placing some arbitrary distance
> > limit that's
> > > based on 802.11 just doesn't cut it for me.
> >
> > 802.11 is being used widely, no reason to ignore.
> 
> I'm not advocating we "ignore" 802.11, or any other L2 technology, for that matter. I'm advocating that we
> remain Layer 2 agnostic. As Teco mentioned in another email, there are people in this WG that don't deploy
> MANET networks based on 802.11, or 802.16, or 802.15.4.
> 
> >
> > I'd happily accept to add another specific limitation, from
> > the link-layer of your choice.  And be speecifically
> > addressing these two link layers.  And maybe three.  No more
> > than three.
> >
> > I find addressing them all to be difficult for me.
> 
> I don't understand why the Layer 3 addressing scheme needs to be predicated on a specific Layer 2
> technology, or set of technologies. The Layer 3 addressing scheme should be totally independent of Layer 2 -
> - isn't that what layering is all about?
> 
> >
> > (about single point of failure being destroyed by a falling tree:
> >   problem could be addressed at its layer: don't move the
> > command center
> >   under trees risking falling); or maybe have two command centers, but
> >   specificllay two, not an arbitrary large unknown number.
> >
> 
> That essentially boils down to "if it hurts, don't do it", and it doesn't work for my customers. Their
> environments are dynamic, and they need the ability to respond to ever-changing realities on the ground.
> 
> At this point, I feel that we're in a discussion that is becoming more and more circular, and therefore,
> dysfunctional. And that, IMO, has been the unfortunate reality of this WG since its inception.
> 
> Regards,
> Stan
> 
> 
> > Alex
> >
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