Networking Options

#Networking Options

1. DHCP with router
2. DHCP with laptop
3. Stateless address autoconfiguration
4. OLSR
5. Manual

##DHCP with router

Upsides:

• Best range of connectivity because of better wireless networking card on average
• Everyone is already familiar with how it works
• Can get Dynamic DNS zone for naming things from the router
• Field Repeatability
• Less services to run on compute unit

Downsides:

• One more piece of hardware to maintain

##DHCP with laptop

Upsides:

• Fewer pieces of hardware
• Everyone is already familiar with how it works
• Can get Dynamic DNS zone for naming things

Downsides:

• Fewer resources on compute unit
• More chances to mess up configuration of services
• Harder to deploy backup nodes

Stateless address autoconfiguration

Upsides:

• Easy to setup

Downsides:

• IPv6 only
• No Dynamic DNS
• No Static DNS unless a device on the network is a DNS server

Olsrd

Upsides:

• Automatically configures devices

Downsides:

• Every Device has to run olsrd
• No Dynamic DNS
• No Static DNS unless a device on the network is a DNS server

Manual

Upsides:

• Least amount of software needed

Downsides:

• Error prone
• No Dynamic DNS
• No Static DNS unless a device on the network is a DNS server
• Routing has to be configured on every device