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Two nodes with different antenna gains? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz
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Has anyone tried a similar abomination? The main node I use has a 2dBi antenna. A 5dBi antenna performs worse for connecting to most of the nodes in my vicinity. It does however connect to some nodes further away. So I decided to try adding a separate 5dBi node. That way devices close by could choose to route via either node, whichever seems better. Or traffic could jump between the two taking local traffic from the 2dBi node and beaming it further via the 5dBi node at the expense of an extra hop. Thoughts, experiences?

Outdoor antenna installation mounted on a pole against a textured, light gray concrete wall. The setup includes a tall white cylindrical main antenna, a smaller black antenna, and a gray rectangular device (likely a wireless router or modem) attached to the pole, with cables and black zip ties securing the components.
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[–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I think that would definitely do the trick! I'm thinking about doing a similar setup to make a big meshtastic repeater node for my house that I can use with smaller handheld nodes so that I can get connected to the farther away networks in the city

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    CLIENT_BASE, not repeater or router

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 10 months ago*

    I concur, do not use REPEATER/ROUTER roles unless you know what you're doing (have a very high mast, hill, high building roof, etc. read the doc) as it's very likely you'd be harming the network instead of helping. Using a device configured as CLIENT/CLIENT_BASE extends the network without risking harm.

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