Submitted 6 months ago by anzo@programming.dev to selfhosting@slrpnk.net
An open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices
I have been following them for a year or two now, and it is just amazing. I have thought about how hard or easy a system could be built to connect it with lorawan or similar.
Cool thing that I’d love to try out… But I still don’t see any practical use… at least for myself.
I have two setup. But I live in the middle of nowhere. So no traffic. However I did get a fly by once. Someone flew over my house on a commercial flight broadcasting. That was neat. Doubt they were able to pick up my reply.
soup_knight0@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
I have three boards on order just to play with, see if I can get coverage in our town for family and friends. It’s an interesting rabbit hole that I’ve been reading up on for a few months, and I’m the least techy person you’ve ever met (literally called my family into the room to watch a LED blink slower & faster with my Arduino beginner kit last week - and I’m in my late 40s).
First heard of it on It Could Happen Here podcast with a guest named Andre aka hydroponic trash, and he has a decent comprehensive write-up about it (I dunno how to put links in here, sorry) and been watching youtube, etc about it since. It’s the reason I have the above-mentioned Arduino beginner’s kit, tbh :)
Funny side-note: it’s apparently popular in the UK, where youtubers have shared lots of tips plus stories about meeting like-minded folks, having informal meetups at local pubs with people on the mesh, etc. Contrast that with US-based youtubers posting about it: “When the guv’ment shuts down the networks & civil war starts yer gonna need this to stay off the grid and communicate with yer team!” Like, c’mon…
Sunny@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
Should be able to just copy paste the link into your comment. Otherwise if you want to format it correctly
[Name for Link](Insert Url here) However you need to remove the %, I just out it there as otherwise it would format to link…
Hello World
soup_knight0@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
ah, same format as reddit then, thanks
Here’s the link I mentioned above from HydroponicTrash