I think everyone's comments have been helpful. Attached is an updated
version of the diagram, though you can see that there are really only minor
tweaks and not a major reorganization. I decided that for the purposes of
this diagram, since the eye comes across it more or less from the top that
the primary focal point should be the Local Area Network, even if
emotionally we know it to be a bottom-up concept. Graphically, having the
internet at the top doesn't come off as legible to me without other
elements, say dirt, grass and such. The subtlety is that essentially,
outside the LAN bubble of this diagram is the open space of other networks,
namely including connections that go to and include the global internet.
I think what Chris points out is helpful too since we can basically shake
this diagram from any particular node, in order to orient our view toward a
particular topic, purpose, point of view, end user, developer, etc.
However, that can take place in additional diagrams, and I really want this
to be a basic reference. As for the end users, I completely agree and plan
to make a diagram from the perspective of the home router, showing how
traffic passes into and out of your home. I think the pair of these
diagrams tells a whole story: how I fit in at home, and how the network
functionally works on a fundamental level.
Any diagrams to explain the rest of the internet itself would be swell. Any
links? This one is a bit much:
// Matt
On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Marc Juul <juul(a)labitat.dk> wrote:
All of this up or down discussion doesn't make
much sense to me.
Network diagrams are either completely abstract with no up or down, or
they relate to real-world topographies as seen from above, usually
with the top being North.
On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 5:58 PM, Chris Jefferies <chris(a)freeranger.com>
wrote:
That would be a simple top to bottom flip of the
image, right?
Another way to imagine it would be that the home (the individual) is at
the
top. Each individual personal connection is at
the top and below it is
all
the infrastructure.
The node near my house is in the sky, but as soon as it connects to the
internet it's going underground in fiber tubes buried next to the
highways
that criss-cross the nation and the world.
I suppose that in a pure wifi-mesh system, unconnected to the internet,
it
could be considered an air only, connected from
above, system.
However we look at it, I think it is important that we find a way to
impart
a meaningful, shared conceptual model of what
we're building. Only with
a
model that people can understand quickly and at a
high level will it get
traction. We don't want to mislead or pander only to the lowest common
denominator but we want it to be right sized, if you will, to our goal of
educating the public.
I think, that when we are looking for the balance of high level
abstractions
to low level technical details, that we should
ere a bit on the side of
technical. I know I get frustrated with descriptions of technology that
use
a false abstraction in an attempt to make a
challenging idea accessible
to
those who are unfamiliar with those ideas.
My 4c... ;)
--
Chris Jefferies
(510) 409-0003 - mobile
On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
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On Fri 21 Mar 2014 09:43:30 PM PDT, Somebody wrote:
In my mind see the Mesh Network come from ground
up, from the home's
walls and roofs showering the streets and then taking off to the sky.
Well, that is how my mind sees the Mesh. :)
<3 Gotta concur with somebody, here :)
from the bottom up!
Jenny
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