I got my Meshtastic node running tonight for the first time. I expected to be out of range because I have line-of-site to very little. My node currently shows 160 other nodes online. Woohoo!
I got into MeshCore after Benn Jordan mentioned it in a recent video. Turns out there’s already a network spanning hundreds of kilometers in my area. I’m making a couple companion nodes so I can communicate with my partner, who lives an hour away, in the event of an emergency where there’s no power or internet. Also making some solar repeaters to improve coverage in my area.
My ex’s dad was a ham radio guy but this seems excessive.
I should start making some meshtastic/meshcore devices…
I got my Meshtastic node running tonight for the first time. I expected to be out of range because I have line-of-site to very little. My node currently shows 160 other nodes online. Woohoo!
Already looking at another client for Meshcore.
edit - now at 285 nodes
We also have bluetooth meshes for the masses now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitchat
we really need reticulum to take off. it cleanly spans multiple mediums and is incredibly adaptive.
Telling us what it is would be a good start
https://reticulum.network/
its a higher level mesh networking software that can make use of many different transports to make custom networks of most any sizes
I got into MeshCore after Benn Jordan mentioned it in a recent video. Turns out there’s already a network spanning hundreds of kilometers in my area. I’m making a couple companion nodes so I can communicate with my partner, who lives an hour away, in the event of an emergency where there’s no power or internet. Also making some solar repeaters to improve coverage in my area.
I think I saw the same video