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[–] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

But the limited range and low bandwidth makes it ineffective at a large scale.

It is good enough to usually work at a city wide level and between people within walkie talkie range. It's only ever meant for resilient local comms, it is not meant to be a state or even county wide system even with mqtt

Meshcore seems to be overtaking Meshtastic in adoption recently, and it handles long-haul router placement and high traffic, high density nodes a good bit better for metro areas.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Meshcore is usable, indoors, in my basement, which is a surprise. It's much more active than Meshtastic in the Puget Sound area.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    Must be lucky and have a very close router node

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    The nearest router node is about a mile and a half away, so yes, meshcore is pretty great around the sound because of the amount of routers. Most people here have moved away from Meshtastic because meshcore can handle more nodes and hops.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I've been meaning to try out meshcore, but haven't gotten around to it. It does sound promising.

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