I have now officially communicated with other humans via #meshtastic.
Stefano
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We walked 2km in the forest, uphill with a ladder and some tools in order to install this Seeed Solar Node on a dead tree.
I have a good signal from home - 12km throu forest and the coverage seems to be good too.
I'll let it be here over the winter month :)
We walked 2km in the forest, uphill with a ladder and some tools in order to install this Seeed Solar Node on a dead tree.
I have a good signal from home - 12km throu forest and the coverage seems to be good too.
I'll let it be here over the winter month :)
Dear Fedi, what are your opinions about meshcore vs meshtastic?
Alex Akselrod
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MeshCore has released their code today.
I've read most of the code and this is fairly early, limited docs, no mobile app and limited hardware testing.
That being said the over the air protocol+routing looks excellent. The code is well designed and fairly slim. The security posture is good and designed in from the start.
They get so much right in so little code. I even think I could make this messtastic compatible faster than they can improve.
Stefano
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My Seeed Solar Node has been in the darkness of my basement now for two weeks - still 78% charge.
I think that one will go up on my roof.
And for my forest nodes, I should probably build some birdhouses :)
My Seeed Solar Node has been in the darkness of my basement now for two weeks - still 78% charge.
I think that one will go up on my roof.
And for my forest nodes, I should probably build some birdhouses :)
Joachim
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People are setting up Meshtastic nodes in Florida in anticipation of hurricanes.
I haven't noticed any coordinated nets around me, but it seems like it could be something good to have a weekly check in to get people used to using the system in a coordinated fashion.
A lot of people are amateur radio operators, so it wouldn't be hard to establish with some notice on the 0 channel.
People are setting up Meshtastic nodes in Florida in anticipation of hurricanes.
I haven't noticed any coordinated nets around me, but it seems like it could be something good to have a weekly check in to get people used to using the system in a coordinated fashion.
A lot of people are amateur radio operators, so it wouldn't be hard to establish with some notice on the 0 channel.
Thank you to everyone who attended my #Meshtastic talk at #HOPE, focused on building your own nodes & emerging attacks demonstrated at #Defcon!
If you didn't catch it, it was recorded here: https://www.youtube.com/live/zxgoACKKH30?si=kbd3JDryZBfrAHd1&t=63
@adamgreenfield I cannot state this strongly enough: Meshtastic is *not* suitable for this as-is, nor is it likely to be anytime soon. It is riding on a huge wave of hype but the underlying technology does not scale well or offer the kinds of guarantees that are needed in disaster situations.
@jonty @adamgreenfield Same observations here at my end. #Meshtastic is very indeterministic currently and I don't see a very active development community, either. 🤷♂️
bhaugen
and 2 others
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[Got what I needed, thanks – PLEASE DO NOT boost this further.] This is an open call for insight and help: I’m looking for guidance from folks who are familiar with #Meshtastic to help me understand what would be involved in setting up and maintaining a national-scale #mutualaid and disaster-response (relief/recovery/“resilience”) network in the UK.
How many devices would such a network need, to ensure adequate coverage everywhere it might be required? How rich a degree of communication is afforded by the current technical stack? What kind of budget would a local node need to have available, what sort of equipment and training would they have to arrange in order to access the network? These are the questions I’m looking to sketch out some answers for. Your help is *very* much appreciated. 👊
@adamgreenfield #meshtastic is LoRaWan based, isn't it? Then, can it piggyback on existing LoRa networks (e.g. for IoT https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/ )? I have a LoRaWan gateway running at the top floor servicing a bunch of other people's sensors around the neighbourhood. Perhaps existing docs from Thingsnetwork and other (commercial) LoRaWan service providers can give insight into coverage, range and throughput?
[Got what I needed, thanks – PLEASE DO NOT boost this further.] This is an open call for insight and help: I’m looking for guidance from folks who are familiar with #Meshtastic to help me understand what would be involved in setting up and maintaining a national-scale #mutualaid and disaster-response (relief/recovery/“resilience”) network in the UK.
Bruja 🍉
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At #DEFCON33, #Meshtastic ran its biggest mesh yet—2K+ nodes, thousands of msgs & an unexpected live vulnerability demo. Lessons learned ✅ Big plans for security, identity & UX.
Full recap 👉 https://meshtastic.org/blog/that-one-time-at-defcon/
phildini
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Hey any east bay peeps use #meshtastic? Drop ur shortname in the comments (mines erl)
At #DEFCON33, #Meshtastic ran its biggest mesh yet—2K+ nodes, thousands of msgs & an unexpected live vulnerability demo. Lessons learned ✅ Big plans for security, identity & UX.
Full recap 👉 https://meshtastic.org/blog/that-one-time-at-defcon/
Hey any east bay peeps use #meshtastic? Drop ur shortname in the comments (mines erl)