Re: [fun] [IAB] Revised homenet charter for IESG consideration

["Spencer Dawkins" <[e-mail]>]

Dear INT ADs,

I don't want to interrupt the food fight just to ask someone to pass the 
salt, but ... :D

The current (last I saw) proposed charter for HOMENET didn't seem quite 
clear enough that having "as few subnets as possible" doesn't make the 
complexity of having multiple subnets go away. I was hoping that this could 
be stated a little more bluntly.

Could I suggest something like

OLD: o Multiple segments: While less complex L3-toplogies involving as few
subnets as possible are preferred in home networks for a variety of
reasons including simpler management and service discovery,
incorporation of dedicated segments remain necessary for some
cases. For instance, ... (excellent reasons deleted because I wasn't 
questioning them)

NEW: o Multiple segments: While less complex L3-toplogies involving as few 
subnets as possible are preferred in home networks for a variety of reasons 
including simpler management and service discovery, the introduction of more 
than one subnet into a home network is enough to add complexity that needs 
to be addressed, and multiple dedicated segments are necessary for some 
cases. For instance, ... (excellent reasons remain unchanged)

I hope this is a helpful comment, because I don't want to derail the general 
conversation by saying something NOT helpful.

Spencer