Residential Gateway Using 240.0.0.0/4 NetBlock

[lleachii]

Hummm...

@OugCPC

Could any colleague confirm that these are suitable choices?

They are both decent hardware:

• I actually considered a purchase of the AC1200 today; but it only has a single core CPU
• Also, the AC750 only has 100Mbps Ethernet ports

What are you seeking suitability for, though?

Please be aware: There is an issue with using the 240.0.0.0/4 block that must first be solved. You noted this issue as "political" in the previous thread; but such is not the case - as your problem is defined in RFCs, and in your draft (containing the falsity in Section 7).

As you are aware from your previous thread, there are major issues (RFC1112 and RFC3232):

• using the IPs as a SRC
• using IPs as a DST
• using the IPs on a forwarding plane
• and therefore, an additional issue with the IPs being used Globally

I hope you begin to understand this limitation, or plan to code around it on all devices you control in this domain/Autonomous System. I also hope you understand that there are many devices hard-coded to not use this block!

See:

• http://packetlife.net/blog/2010/oct/14/ipv4-exhaustion-what-about-class-e-addresses/
• https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/press/internet-protocol-journal/back-issues/table-contents-37/103-addr-cons.html
• https://superuser.com/questions/463713/what-about-ipv4-class-e

@OugCPC

Lastly, is there any candidate that may even be within the $20 range that I heard?

• What's your favourite cheap LEDE/OpenWrt device?
• What's your favourite cheap OpenWrt device 2018? (topic for testing)

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@OugCPC

the moderator closed the thread because some colleagues went off track from the subject. So, I am starting a new Topic to carry on, hopefully we can stay on the track.

I surmise to say, the original topic was regarding an RFC draft and the feasibility of using the technology with 240.0.0.0/4 on OpenWrt devices. You were told that OpenWrt was software and as such, should work.

Of the five points/inquires raised by you in the original topic (numbered 0-4), the [slightly] off-topic post(s) were regarding the purchase of the hardware. The remainder was trying to understand how your technology actually works...why IANA-allocated space cannot be used, why your technology doesn't violate the end-to-end principle - all to discover your draft notes masquerading is used, thus breaking it.

After all, you did post an RFC Draft in an OpenWrt community forum...comments should be expected, even it the mods close the topic.