Not sure if this is the right place to ask but I was wanting to strengthen the mesh network on one side of my house in particular (seems a bit slower there) and was wondering if I could use a slightly different model node on the same network as a slightly different one. I have the ORBI RBS40 mini. But couldn't find additional "mini" satellites sold elsewhere, only ORBI RBS40 regulars. Any ideas would be appreciated.

I have an idea how about a meshnet that uses dnsmasq and cjdns plus a script that scans for dns servers and adds them to your forwarder as well as adding yours to them its it's not very secure but it is an idea

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What is the current state-of-art for decentralized social media? This month we'll hear from some thought leaders and founders of social media built on core decentralized protocols. Speakers this month include:

• Evan Henshaw-Plath, founder of Planetary, a decentralized social media platform built on scuttlebutt as an open protocol. It's ready for test flights and it's founder, also known as Rabble, (https://twitter.com/rabble) calls Planetary the "humane alternative to Facebook."

• Edward West, founder & CEO of Hylo, an app that combines group management, messaging and collaboration built on holochain.

• Burak Nehbit, founder & CEO of Aether, a peer-to-peer network of self-governing, interest-based communities who elect their own moderators. It's inspired by Usenet and Reddit, but unlike them, it also attempts to provide not only a platform, but also high-quality discussion on an ongoing basis.'

• John Patrick Ryan, tech executive & writer, (https://twitter.com/johnconorryan) will share his new thought piece: "Decentralizing: Beyond Walled Gardens."

• Jay Graber, (https://twitter.com/arcalinea) developer & writer & founder of https://happening.net will present her overview of decentralized social media.

Would it be possible to set up a mesh network between all the mobile devices (on a train for instance). So that if one set of people had data, everyone could share? Via app perhaps?

Hi all, I'm working on a project where multiple nodes (at least 2 and no more than 20) need to communicate with each other wirelessly without an internet connection. These nodes will be attached to moving vehicles and may move in and out of range of other nodes. They will constantly be sending and receiving vehicle data (at least 255 bytes per second, but ideally much more) in real time to all other nodes within range. The software would be a distributed information system where each node would have a copy of all the shared data kind of like a code repository, the nodes would constantly be pushing and pulling fresh data.

For a proof of concept I'm using two raspberry pis with Raspbian installed. I simply want to have these two rpis communicate with each other over some protocol with minimal setup i.e. I just want to be able to turn it on, start a script, and have it begin to send and receive data to the other device. I am a software engineer by trade and have a basic knowledge of networking so anything software related I'm very comfortable with and anything network related I struggle with.

I originally looked into using LoRa and even created a small project that successfully transmitted and received data between two nodes. However, the transceiver only operates in half duplex and there were a lot of edge cases where the transceiver may not be listening at the right time or sending at the wrong time etc. Also, it was starting to become clear that one node would have to be a master node and be used as a conductor to tell nodes when to send and receive things. It would also have to serve out that data and as soon as 4 or more nodes were connected to it I would imagine serious slowdowns.

I then started looking into just using the default wifi chips on the rpis, along with using babeld for routing and ahcpd for auto-configuration of ip addresses. I can get everything installed and can successfully ping each node, however I'm not satisfied with a few things (and these things may just be constraints of networking):

• One node will have to be a server with a static IP running AHCPD to dish out IP addresses
  • Ideally I don't want any server, I want all the nodes to be self governed, and not have a single point of failure
• I want nodes to be able to join and leave the network seamlessly and be able to pick back up where they left off
  • Can probably handle the case where an already established node loses connection and then rejoins with software i.e. if the network becomes out of range or a message fails to send it just queues it up to be sent when it comes back online
  • A new node who joins the network would need to establish itself with the network and have all other nodes acknowledge it
• IP addresses and hostnames
  • There doesn't seem to be an easy way for nodes to automatically grab an IP address and know what nodes are currently connected to the network
  • As nodes become available if you aren't statically defining ip addresses and have an /etc/hosts file with hostnames they won't know of nodes within range

This might not be the right place to ask this loaded question, but: does anyone know a way that I can have multiple raspberry pis connect to an ad-hoc network, automatically get an ip address (or generate an ipv6 address from their device address) that's not in use, and then be able to send and receive updates to a distributed ledger where if one node makes a change that change propagates eventually to all other nodes so they all have an updated version of files.

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I picked up two of the mesh routers yesterday and setup a mesh with wired back haul. I noticed the router sets the backhaul link to 5g even though it’s connected to the same gigabit lan.

Everything seems great but I’ve noticed Wyze cams dropping off an homekit going out of sync, even my laptop loses internet access (physical Ethernet connection) . I kill the power to the mesh node and everything almost instantly come back online.

The firmware is the latest.

Anyone experienced something like this with asus (or other) mesh ?

Tacoma Cooperative Network was founded to give folks a material say in how their internet network is operated. Members OWN a piece of the network. We are doing a fundraiser to spread our message and get folks excited. Tacoma, WA city council voted to privitize their municipal internet, so we are here to help people build their OWN network. But we need to get teh word out and we need to raise some money. Please check out our fundraiser HERE, give our video a watch(its on the fundraiser) and check us out on www.althea.net/tcn

Decentralized internet for the people!

I'm looking into building a mesh network that can be deployed out in the field. I'm ok with people having to haul a battery pack and antenna (within reason). Ideally something with a mile or 2 of range between nodes? 4G or wifi doesn't matter, as long as cell phones can be used on the network. What should I be looking into?

edit:
terrain: 25% line of sight, 75% of the time there will be rock obstructions ranging from 50-300' tall.
bandwidth: low would suffice, 1megabit is plenty.
number of nodes: depends on the equipment and terrain I support. team members can be 1,000' to a mile away. if a large hill is causing interference, then we can put another node there (ideally dropping off equipment to pick up when done with the job).

I should also add that some nodes will need to be moving, as in in backpacks with people walking.

Firechat, Serval, Signal Offline, Vojer, Bridgefy, Briar there seem to be a few options these days.

Ideally I want to support an open source, end-to-end encrypted system that can survive the shut-down of internet and mobile phone networks. Where should I be looking?

Hi,

Is there a way to connect 2 different brand of mesh without any network cable?

Mesh 1 Tp-Link Deco NO Plus Mesh 2 Sorties 4830

Ok so this is probably a very quick answer for some of you out there, but I have a fundamental question about setting up a mesh WiFi system at home and cannot find clarity anywhere.

I need mesh across my home to remove dead spots, no issue with the setup process, placement, how they work etc. However, my PC I have connected via gigabit powerline to my main ISP router. Will devices connected via the mesh network be visible/accessable from the PC? An example would be my NAS storage which will need to use the mesh ethernet port.

TIA!

Wondering if OTA signals for my HD television will affect the distance or transmission speed of devices that carry data over 2.4 or 5 ghz frequencies.

There's an ISP in town here that works off of meshnet AP's pretty solid speeds offered, but monthly cost is pricey.

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The only alternative in my area are the big guys who throttle data or put data caps.

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Can I get some of my own equipment off amazon and "tap" into the meshnet ISP here or would their signal be scrambled and impossible?

Anyone interested in setting up a net near CHS? I've been playing on my own with it, I would love to expand the net. If there's interest it would justify picking up some better gear.

I have tried google, duck duck go and searching here. Does anyone know of people or org I could connect with in Charlotte that are trying to setup a mesh network? I am retired and would love to volunteer for a cause like this.

Ammbr routers are close to deployment.

Ammbr Mesh Router

For more info about this: http://ammbr.com/

This is the site in Ocean View (in a Rastafarian camp powered by solar) where we will have the worlds first community owned cellular network (running in 800MHz white space) + mesh + TVWS network using blockchain-based payments and local edge cached services. From left to right David Johnson, Senka Hadzic (my ex UCT post-doc), Ganief (OVCOMM cooperative), Marius (OVCOMM cooperative) Hafeni (UCT post doc), Fardiel (OVCOMM cooperative), Cameron (OVCOMM cooperative)

I have strong interest in incentivized mesh coming to mainstream adoption, so I want to volunteer this idea in case it is not already in use.

In the Althea demo I saw, prices were adjusted manually to change flow dynamics.

I'm sure it's obvious that if you ran a network of 100 nodes, you could not feasibly manually adjust all of those prices in real time, especially with competition from 100 other nodes.

What makes sense to me is an auto pricing protocol.

Idea 1: bandwidth goal - auto regulate price to stay at X gigabytes / hour. Price raises/lowers as competition changes.

Idea 2: auto regulate price to maximize revenue. Protocol goal is to seek an optimum in [price/gig]*[gigs/hour]. Specifying gigs/hour should rule out getting silly solutions like "infinity dollars per gigabyte." Most importantly, this pricing protocol maximizes an operator's personal incentive to run the protocol, thus maximizing odds meshnet will exist.

Hi, I recently found a project which wants to create a worldwide mesh network and I am thinking about becoming a node. What makes this mesh network unique is that they are working with the United Nations to fund sustainable development goals, so people in very high positions of power are interested in seeing this project succeed. If me and a group of friends were to start building out this network in Amsterdam, how many nodes would we need to power the city?

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EDIT: here is the video where Dr. Stefan Brunnhuber talks about flowing 1 TRILLION dollars to sustainable development goals using Skyledger https://youtu.be/7zc12ZPbMLE

What are the laws (in the United States) surrounding the hardware that makes non-short-distance mesh networking possible?

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More specifically:

1. What hardware is allowed
2. How far that hardware is allowed to transmit
3. How to avoid accidentally violating any rules

I'd love to join the mesh networking community, but want to ensure that by doing so I won't end up doing myself a disfavor.

I (disturbingly) could not find answers to any of the above questions online, at least not anywhere I looked.

Are you intrested in helping spread low-cost, high-speed internet to residents of Tacoma? Are you tired of paying big box companies for access that they control and monitor?

I'm a member of an organization wanting to make a community-owned and controlled ISP and we need community support. We are wanting to schedule a meeting in October to talk about the project and generate public interest.

If you are in the Seattle/Tacoma/Olympia area, and are interested in helping us out, please let us know!