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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 Karrot_Kream »

Groxx wrote: post #40
throwawaycan wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the mesh in Toronto with meshcore we have regular communication that reach all the way to Buffalo. We are past the « toy » stage, it’s truly impressive.

Meshcore seems a lot better thought out in that respect, yea. Flood routing is a very-well-known dead-end.

Meshtastic was never designed to be a wide mesh, it was originally meant for personal networks.

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

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Post by Panda_ »

mycall wrote: post #22

Does 802.11p work in any of these mesh networks? It could amplify their usefulness.

Reticulum would probably be the best one for it. As far as I can tell there aren't any interfaces for it already, but if you can get a command that transfers data using stdin and sdtout, Reticulum has things like the PipeInterface https://reticulum.network/manual/interfaces.html

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

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Post by lormayna »

I am an happy user of Meshstastic since more than one year (I have two active nodes and a third one is in the making). I am living in hilly countryside and the difficult that I have experienced is about reaching other nodes: with the standard antenna, I can barely connect with nodes in a 500 meters range, with a better antenna (coaxial collinear is the best IMHO) I can reach more than 10km.

I don't think the Meshstatic approach of "flooding" the network with all the messages can be scalable in the long run, they need to implement some sort of routing protocols (like BATMAN), but they are heavy and complex to implement

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

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Post by johntash »

robotswantdata wrote: post #13

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

Did you set up solar nodes in random spots or only areas you own/control?

I've wondered if it'd be legal to just chuck a couple into some random trees.

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

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Post by rcarmo »

I’ve spent my entire career in telco and networking and loved the rise of Wi-Fi (which we used spectacularly over long distances when the spectrum was clear to show off my mates in 3G/microwave backhaul), and have been keeping up with LoRA and related stuff (got a few HelTec boards), but all the recent meshtastic/core/etc. stuff feels a bit like the early wardriving community (and CB radio): fun, full of ideas, but without enough structure (or mass appeal) to take off.

I do wish we had a proper, working emergency meshing standard, though. An international one, too.

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

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Post by bergie »

londons_explore wrote: post #49

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.

Isn't that exactly the idea of Reticulum?

http://reticulum.network/manual/whatis.html

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

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Post by [deleted] »

mingus88 wrote: post #4
Groxx wrote: post #3

> To be perfectly upfront with you, this post will be glossing over many Meshtastic and MeshCore features, because I feel they are both non-serious solutions compared to Reticulum for reasons I will explain later on in this post. Yeah, that's the general feel I get every time I poke into Mesh*. Neat radio tech, fun toy to find other nearby nerds, instantly-obvious problems that are fatal to growing beyond being that…

That weakness is a strength. Everyone you meet on a mesh is a real breathing nerd, who due to proximity has a lot in common with you. They are not trying to influence you or sell you anything How many places like that are left?

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

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Post by bergie »

Groxx wrote: post #3

> To be perfectly upfront with you, this post will be glossing over many Meshtastic and MeshCore features, because I feel they are both non-serious solutions compared to Reticulum for reasons I will explain later on in this post. Yeah, that's the general feel I get every time I poke into Mesh*. Neat radio tech, fun toy to find other nearby nerds, instantly-obvious problems that are fatal to growing beyond being that…

I'm right now anchored at an atoll in the Tuamotus, French Polynesia. 3/10 boats anchored here have Meshtastic.
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