[MLB-WIRELESS] Melbwirelses DNS and Domain Names

[Ryan Abbenhuys]

..however in the case of Melbwireless I wouldn't say we're using wireless
for it's mobility, I'd say we're using it for its speed, coverage, and
cost.

If you move to another region I can't see changing being a huge drama. Just
update DNS records, put up a little page at the old DNS name pointing to
the new one for a while.
For the sites on the WAN that become really popular perhaps they can avoid
the regional part alltogether and for example become....
www.wantirna-ap1.mw

>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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