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Meshtastic - An open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices (youtu.be)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Long range (LoRa) mesh networks are interesting alternatives to communication, especially when state actors are blocking internet access for various reasons.

More details about meshtastic: https://meshtastic.org/

About its current state of encryption: https://meshtastic.org/docs/overview/encryption

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The documentation is a little lacking. What exactly is the range of each decide? I see the record of 100+ miles but can I easily connect people within a few miles?

What exactly does this do? Is it just a messaging app?

[+] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dude this is a great response. I’ve spent the last hour trying to piece together how it works and you nailed everything perfectly.

I’m a ham so familiar with radios and have been trying to setup some Wi-Fi links between friends but this seems a little more practical.

Is a few mile range possible with houses etc in the way? We’re all about a mile away from each other, although I may throw an antenna on top of my house (maybe 10m up)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've done my little stupid tests. I have 2 Heltec LoRa 32 V3s both with the stock antenna. Inside the city I can get 500m on LongFast and 700m on VeryLongSlow. The other node was placed inside a building on the 1st floor.

But that's obviously a terrible test.