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Are there any widely used mesh networking projects being used by people in apartments in cities? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by rlc3r_yb3ldcg_@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Considering the amount of tech and self hosting types that live in cities, it seems like it would be popular to have little mesh intranets all over the place, but I'm not aware of any.

I read about NYC Mesh a while back, and I wonder if there are other similar things already in widespread use that I just haven't heard about.

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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

After having tinkered with both, I think I prefer Mesh~~Node~~Core because it tries to reduce chatter and IMO provide a better structure, however Meshtastic is easier to get into as all nodes will act as a repeater too, reducing the amount of setup required to have a functional network. If you're in a medium sized city, there is likely some MeshCore repeaters out there, so you can try it only with only a companion device.

MeshCore seems to have the ability to reach much further away by reducing chatter (64 hops vs 3 hops in Meshtastic)

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What is meshnode?

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Brainfart on my part, I meant to write MeshCore. Corrected my comment.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

Its all good. I was looking for something that could work with both :)