[MLB-WIRELESS] DNS and Locfinder

[Tom Parker]

James,

Has anyone suggested autogenerating some kind of DNS entries for nodes from
the database.  I would say it won't be that long before we get sick of
referring to nodes by IP addresses and want to use DNS.  Something like
nodefmp.melbourne.wireless.org.au or should we get melbwireless.org and go
for nodefmp.melbwireless.org (melbwireless.* is available)?  It could be
public or private DNS.  I think public would be better since that would
allow resolution using the internet when an internal server might not be
accessible to all nodes for a while.

Cheers,
Tom

ps. thanks for taking on the MAC address suggestion.

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Tom Parker tparker at netspace.net.au
http://www.wiresncode.com/projects



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> [mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au]On Behalf Of James Healy
> Sent: Monday, 25 November 2002 2:20 PM
> To: MelbWireless
> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] locfinder v2 beta
>
>
> rejoice.. be merry.. locfinder v2 is almost upon us...
>
> v2 is a total rewrite from v1, using php and a MySQL backend.
>
> It's almost ready from production release, however I'd like to stress test
> it and get as much feedback as I can.
>
> Your all welcome to head over to
> http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/~yob/locfinder and have a go. As
> it says on
> the front page, this is a beta/stress test, and all the data will be
> reimported from v1 before we go live, so feel free to make up data, record
> non-existant links, etc.
>
> We have access to some really nice data for the maps, but unfortunately we
> need to sort out some licensing issues, so until then, the maps will be a
> little plain :-( Hopefully the issues can be sorted in the next week or so
> before we go live.
>
> Please send all feedback to jimmy at deefa.com, but before you do _read_ the
> todo list and faq.
>
> There isnt a comprehensive list of new features, but the major ones are
> things like:
> - running our own mapserver
> - ip allocations
> - ability to specify the interfaces on a node
> - automatic calculation of things EIRP and SOM, providing enough
> 	data has been supplied
> - automatic culling of nodes that havent been updated after 9 months,
> 	with monthly reminders to the owner after 6 months.
> - ability to record and display links
> - ability to store and search services available on the network
> - ability to search for nodes based on various criteria
> - number of closest nodes shown is limited  to speed dl times
>
> have fun!
>
> James
>
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