[MLB-WIRELESS] Melbwirelses DNS and Domain Names

[Matt]

But isn't the point of DNS that you don't need to remember ip addresses or 
associate a url with a location? If someones looking for a resource on the 
network does it really matter where it is? you just need to know if you've 
got connectivity and what the ip address is.

An access point isn't likely to be running anything worthwhile, probably 
just routing a bit of data maybe a webserver. The interesting stuff will be 
hanging off that, the clients who are running game servers, the ptp stuff 
that might have los to a couple of aps and be sending traffic through both.

Once the network is built and theres a degree more connectivity, then the 
people who need to know or who want to can simply look up in the node 
database node bcg and see that I'm running a webserver at something like 
bcg.wireless.org.au. Using global urls might make it easier to run a dns 
that sits on both the internet and the wireless networks so people can 
specify one dns and not have to split searching for internet and other 
domains off on different servers (which might be difficult to do??). All 
you need to know about me is that my node name is bcg, not that I'm in the 
innernorth and I'm running an AP near an oef.

2c more
Matt



At 10:52 AM 12/5/2003 +1000, Matthew Hill wrote:
>Ryan and all
>
>This is what i wanted to bring up a while ago and they werent interested.
>
>This is similar to what perth suggests, and what your suggested in your 
>example, rocks. Exactly what is possbily should be.
>
><http://www.wantirna-ap1.oef.mw>www.wantirna-ap1.oef.mw says exsactly 
>where it is,
>
><http://www.thebigfella.peninsula.mw>www.thebigfella.peninsula.mw that 
>would be mine ...
>
>Al;though i can see it being a while since we dont have  alot of the areas 
>connected, it doesnt hurrt to have something implemented early so it fits 
>in oncec connected.
>
>Cheers
>
>MAtt
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:sneeze at alphalink.com.au>Ryan Abbenhuys
>To: <mailto:melbwireless at wireless.org.au>melbwireless at wireless.org.au
>Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 10:23 AM
>Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Melbwirelses DNS and Domain Names
>
>So, is there anything happening with regards to some sort of domain
>structure on the network?  Anyone from WGRouting&Addressing looking at this
>at the moment?
>
>I've started messing with domain names over our way.  Now bear with me here
>because I don't know much about it or the terminology....
>
>Here's a few thoughts.
>
>We need something we all use that signifies we're melbwireless.
>e.g.  .wan  .mw  .melw
>
>then perhaps something to signify regional areas.
>e.g. .oef (outer east&foothills) .inn (inner north) .cen (central)
>
>so you'd end up with something say 
><http://www.wantirna-ap1.oef.mw>www.wantirna-ap1.oef.mw
>
>Now there's of course the other school of thought that we use domain names
>that fit in with the rest of the world. But my feeling is that this comes
>back we're going to need globaly routable IP's, etc then....And some
>internet feeds, at which point you're looking at a wireless network with
>open internet access, which is playing with fire in my opinion.
>
>What are other peoples thoughts/ideas?
>
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