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What are some best practices for deploying a mesh? (midwest.social)

submitted 2 months ago by 7toed@midwest.social to c/meshtastic@mander.xyz

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Hello again, so far my mesh has been great as a neighborhood range gimmic (no harm, just bummed there aren't more adopters locally), but I'm hoping to go further. Turns out a neighboring town has a more extensive mesh than my own. Aside from convincing a bunch of people in between to set up meshtastic, could I go and set up a yagi and point it towards a known node for example? I am atop a hill and likey have LOS, but even if I get a signal, how should this be repeated if not by another node close to the yagi? Or rethink this entirely? Thank you all in advance

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[–] BaconWrappedEnigma@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

If you are OK with connecting them via the internet then consider an MQTT backhaul: https://meshtastic.org/docs/software/integrations/mqtt/

Please let me know if you want a dead-simple "How do I connect two towns via the internet?" There are obviously traffic implications, so please coordinate with Town 2.

If you are looking for non-internet options then it sounds like you are already on track. High up, line-of-sight, and a directional antenna are a good start.

[–] 7toed@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

Next time I'm down there I'll certainly ring their longfast some more, seems like at least one of the nodes I picked up on was a solar powered RAK, and was picking them up from an unideal spot from over a mile away. I'd certainly imagine they'd want to expand.

I'm a little apprehensive of being on a map, I know that there's programed deviation and you can opt out. I am looking to join a local metropolitan area group.. but they only cover up til a few towns away (at least with position disclosed nodes)