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Re: [homenet] standard way of configuring homenets

Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se> Wed, 25 July 2018 08:18 UTC

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From: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
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Subject: Re: [homenet] standard way of configuring homenets
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On Wed, 25 Jul 2018, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

> The idea of capturing a homenet config and saving it for future use 
> doesn't seem outlandish to me, and using tools developed for managed 
> networks, but operated robotically instead of manually, doesn't seem 
> crazy either. But it might be a big effort and a distraction.

I agree. There are lots of home routers that allow you to take a 
configuration backup, that can then be restored on a different device. I 
expect there to be quite a few knobs to set on the home ISP-facing router 
for instance, regarding firewall rules, port forwards etc.

So while I do not see this as an immediate homenet concern (homenet should 
for now focus on getting the automatic plug-and-play functions correct), 
going forward I do think it would be good to look into these issues.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike@swm.pp.se

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