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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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[–] 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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