[MLB-WIRELESS] Melbwirelses DNS and Domain Names

[Michael Nardella]

I agree.

With the other system what happens if you move to another region. The 
point with wireless is that you are not fixed.

Michael vk3ps

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----- Original Message -----
From: Matt <matthew.c.boyd at uts.edu.au>
Date: Monday, May 12, 2003 11:26 am
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Melbwirelses DNS and Domain Names

> 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.
> >
> ><www.wantirna-ap1.oef.mw" target="l">http://www.wantirna-
> ap1.oef.mw>www.wantirna-ap1.oef.mw says exsactly 
> >where it is,
> >
> ><www.thebigfella.peninsula.mw" 
> 
target="l">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 
> ><www.wantirna-ap1.oef.mw" target="l">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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