[HamWAN PSDR] POLL: How do you feel about HamWAN network having shared control of the microwave modem @ your location?

[Bart Kus]

HamWAN is not just a backbone.  It's a wide-area-coverage network with 
its own backbone as a necessity. The health of PtP links is not at 
issue, but the PtMP layer is. There are many examples, but here are a few:

1) Configure the clients with the latest frequency scan lists so that 
they can find sites
2) Push new routes down to clients for re-announcement and usage in home 
networks
3) Update firmware on clients when critical problems are found

--Bart


On 2/28/2013 4:53 PM, Benjamin Krueger wrote:
> Why do we need to manage end-clients in order to maintain a solid 
> backbone?
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Bart Kus <me at bartk.us 
> <mailto:me at bartk.us>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     Keeping the network and all client devices correctly configured is
>     no easy feat.  These are complicated devices with 100s of
>     settings, which will need to change in coordinated ways over time.
>      To ensure correct operation, it would make sense for the HamWAN
>     network to push updates and change settings on end-user modems.
>      Almost all ISPs run this way already.  The difference is you can
>     still login + control your device, but any setting changes you
>     make which make the device non-compliant in ways HamWAN cares
>     about would be automatically overridden with a config update from
>     the network.  If the network can't control and repair your device
>     settings, you would lose authorization onto the network until the
>     settings are fixed.
>
>     I see this shared administration model as the only one that's
>     feasible in keeping a reliable network running.
>
>     Please let me know if you are OK with it, if you object to it, or
>     if you have a better idea.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     --Bart
>
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