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I'm Getting into Mesh Networks (Meshtastic, MeshCore, and Reticulum)

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Re: I'm Getting into Mesh Networks (Meshtastic, MeshCore, and Reticulum)

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Post by dclaw »

transcriptase wrote: post #15

Every time I get excited about one of these techs I end up finding it has approx the same range as a late 90s cordless phone unless you live on the Nevada salt flats, and a data rate that could probably be beat out by Morse code on a GMRS radio. Sadly I live in the opposite of that terrain with approx the same population density. Regardless I have a few LILYGO Meshtastic Esp32 boards that are neat to play around with…

WCMesh in California covers a few hundred miles of southern California on Meshcore.... That isn't flat. It really just depends on buy-in in the local region.

Re: I'm Getting into Mesh Networks (Meshtastic, MeshCore, and Reticulum)

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Post by dyauspitr »

I got into it too back in 2012. Frankly it’s not a very interesting space unless you’re trying to circumvent nation wide internet shutdowns because for everything else encrypted chat channels serve the same purpose and everyone is doing it (WhatsApp, signal, telegram etc)

Re: I'm Getting into Mesh Networks (Meshtastic, MeshCore, and Reticulum)

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Post by FabCH »

Am I the only one who thinks MeshCore shouldn’t be called „off grid“?

Unlike Meshtastic and Reticulum, the need for router nodes is built into the protocol itself in MeshCore. And while nodes are cheap and amateurs can put them up, that is still a grid that has to exist for your MeshCore client to be useful…

Re: I'm Getting into Mesh Networks (Meshtastic, MeshCore, and Reticulum)

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Post by robotswantdata »

mikestorrent wrote: post #38
robotswantdata wrote: post #13

Set up solar nodes last weekend. 200 miles of range now. Nerds, mad ideas. Good times.

Not having great luck with my solar node. Nothing ever seems to get out, even with a pretty nice antenna...

Wrong antenna for the frequency?

Re: I'm Getting into Mesh Networks (Meshtastic, MeshCore, and Reticulum)

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Post by londons_explore »

Please someone design a worldwide mesh network. Mix of wireless and wired links.

Like the internet, but self-configuring and peer to peer.

Yes, there are lots of technical and social challenges, but I don't believe they are unsolvable.

Re: I'm Getting into Mesh Networks (Meshtastic, MeshCore, and Reticulum)

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Post by kstrauser »

FabCH wrote: post #46

Am I the only one who thinks MeshCore shouldn’t be called „off grid“? Unlike Meshtastic and Reticulum, the need for router nodes is built into the protocol itself in MeshCore. And while nodes are cheap and amateurs can put them up, that is still a grid that has to exist for your MeshCore client to be useful…

No, you're not alone. MeshCore is very neat tech, but I love that you can show up to, say, a music fest with a few Meshtastic radios and voila, instant mesh. To me, it feels more in the spirit of the thing. That's purely subjective, but that's how I see it.
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