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We're still using 90s technology. We only have faster switches, quicker routers, a couple of standards for faster connections, and some tools which disguise or
by bayindirh 4y ago
We're still using 90s technology. We only have faster switches, quicker routers, a couple of standards for faster connections, and some tools which disguise or repurpose deep packet inspection as "software defined networking".
A country wide router still can stay in service for a decade. Residential FTTx installations consist of a TelCo class switch, maybe a router, compact DSLAMs if you have DSL service and a couple of fibers in, tens of fibers out for FTTH customers.
It's faster hardware on the same stack. Nothing more, nothing less.
...and, oh, link-speed (transparent) DPI equipment in key places for lawful interception.
- blowski 4y agoIt's electrified rocks all the way down.
- MichaelZuo 4y agoTheoretically, if an entire major city's connection with the outside world was cut off, could all the infrastructure within the city function as a really big city-wide LAN?
- bayindirh 4y agoYes. You might need a dhcpd on a laptop though, if your city's IP management is outside the said city (Cable/DSL modems needs their own IPs, unless they are static). ...and possibly a small DNS server (or a hosts file somewhere easy to get). That's all you need. If you want to navigate via IPs only, you can do with a DHCPd.