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Walking the dog just got a whole lot nerdier | r1 neo (lemmy.zip)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz
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Side note: how do y'all carry your antennaed nodes while out and about? Like to the gym or errands

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[–] [S] 6 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Thanks for the rec! Yeah I have a sensecap solar on my roof in client base, was very impressed with the range I got on my walk today.

I have a rokland 5.8DBI fiberglass coming in the mail tomorrow I think, so I can hopefully get away with an internal

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

    Oh nice, somebody in my local area just ordered the rak Wismesh repeater and is going to put it up in a week or so, so that will be even more coverage in my area.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    You should see what they've built out in the bay. Routers on all of the surrounding mountains. Its beautiful. I sent a message that went out to yuba city all the way down to San Luis Obispo last night.

    Thats about 271 miles (437 kilometers) as the crow flies

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Yeah, this one that was just ordered by some person is going to probably be a client base or client because we already have a router that serves the area decently well.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    If he sets it to client base tell him to be careful with his favorites! Can mess up routing if he favorites a router

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Out of curiosity, how would it mess up routing if he favorites a router? Because if I'm understanding the way client base works and the way the new routing protocol works, if he favorites a router, then his node would just re-broadcast that same packet without decrementing the hop. Unless I'm missing something.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's designed to help weak/mobile/indoor nodes in poor radio locations, not routers. When you favorite routers or other strong nodes, your CLIENT_BASE aggressively rebroadcasts their traffic (acting as ROUTER), which can actually suppress better routing paths and add unnecessary congestion. The feature works best when you favorite only your personal handheld/EDC devices that need the boost from your strong base station. Favoriting already-strong infrastructure nodes defeats the purpose and can negatively impact overall mesh connectivity.

    This is entirely dependent on your mesh topology of course. In our larger mesh with a lot of routers in advantageous locations, a client base favoriting a router would do more harm than good

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