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docs:user-guide:advanced:hncp_configuration [2018/02/17 16:22] – ↷ Page moved from docs:user-guide:hncp_configuration to docs:user-guide:advanced:hncp_configuration bobafetthotmaildocs:guide-user:network:zeroconfig:hncp_configuration [2021/08/25 19:26] – Warn about current (unknown) state of Homenet richb-hanover
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-===== The Homenet Control Protocol (HNCP) =====+====== The Homenet Control Protocol (HNCP) ======
  
 <WRAP center round todo 60%> <WRAP center round todo 60%>
-The Homenet (hnet) protocol and this documentation is under development (late 2016).\\  + The Homenet (hnet) protocol and this documentation were last under development in late 2016. It is unknown whether the ''hncp'' package works with modern (19.07 and laterversions of OpenWrt
-See the [[https://forum.lede-project.org/t/homenet-hnet-documentation/209|Forum article]] that describes their state. +  * The Homenet website seems to have gone off the air in 2020. A 2018 version of the site is at [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180831161552/http://homewrt.org/start|The Wayback Machine]] 
-</WRAP>+  * This [[https://forum.openwrt.org/t/homenet-hnet-documentation/209|Forum article]] also describes the state.</WRAP>
  
  
 The Homenet Control Protocol (HNCP) automatically manages IPv4 and IPv6 address assignment, routing, DNS, SD (ZeroConf/mDNS) and border firewalling between multiple routers in a "home network". It is specified as a set of RFCs to implement a minimalist state synchronization protocol for Homenet routers.\\  The Homenet Control Protocol (HNCP) automatically manages IPv4 and IPv6 address assignment, routing, DNS, SD (ZeroConf/mDNS) and border firewalling between multiple routers in a "home network". It is specified as a set of RFCs to implement a minimalist state synchronization protocol for Homenet routers.\\ 
-Read the materials on the [[http://homewrt.org|Homenet web site]]+Read the materials on the [[http://www.homewrt.org|Homenet web site]]
  
-**hnet-full** package installs hnetd to implement HNCP protocol, there is also **luci-app-hnet**, a luci webgui package to control it. //Note:// We strongly recommend you install ''ipset'' before installing ''hnet-full''+**hnet-full** package installs hnetd to implement HNCP protocol, there is also **luci-app-hnet**, a luci webgui package to control it.\\  
 +**Note:** We strongly recommend you install ''ipset'' before installing ''hnet-full''
  
-==== Protocol "hnet" ====+===== Protocol "hnet" =====
 ^ Name ^ Type ^ Required ^ Default ^ Description ^ ^ Name ^ Type ^ Required ^ Default ^ Description ^
 | ''mode'' | string | no | auto | Interface mode. One of external, guest, adhoc or hybrid. | | ''mode'' | string | no | auto | Interface mode. One of external, guest, adhoc or hybrid. |
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-== Tutorials ==+==== Tutorials ====
     * **Juliusz Chroboczek's tutorial:** https://www.irif.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~jch/software/homenet/howto.html     * **Juliusz Chroboczek's tutorial:** https://www.irif.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~jch/software/homenet/howto.html
     * **Tore Anderson's tutorial:** https://blog.toreanderson.no/2015/10/11/making-a-homenet-router-out-of-openwrt.html     * **Tore Anderson's tutorial:** https://blog.toreanderson.no/2015/10/11/making-a-homenet-router-out-of-openwrt.html
  
-== Technical Reference ==+==== Technical Reference ====
   * [[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7368/|RFC 7368 - IPv6 Home Networking Architecture Principles]]   * [[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7368/|RFC 7368 - IPv6 Home Networking Architecture Principles]]
   * [[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7788|RFC 7788 - Homenet Control Protocol]]   * [[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7788|RFC 7788 - Homenet Control Protocol]]
    
-== Other Links ==+==== Other Links ====
   * [[https://blog.toreanderson.no/2015/10/02/homenet-the-future-of-home-networking.html|Overview of Homenet, and why it's the future of home networking]]   * [[https://blog.toreanderson.no/2015/10/02/homenet-the-future-of-home-networking.html|Overview of Homenet, and why it's the future of home networking]]
   * [[http://www.homewrt.org/about/mailinglist|Mailing Lists]]   * [[http://www.homewrt.org/about/mailinglist|Mailing Lists]]
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