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Yeah, it does require specific devices. However, the upside to it is that it can go way farther than Bluetooth.

I had my node here in my window and was talking with a router 200 feet on a tower from a couple of miles away. And there's another guy in my area who had his node up on a 30 foot flagpole and was talking to the router from 17 and a half miles away. Bluetooth just cannot do that.

About the maximum you're going to get with a 7-hop Bluetooth mesh is about a mile. In meshtastic, it can be several hundred miles.
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elsat 4mo ago

I’m all for meshtastic, and all too aware of the challenges of bluetooth.

I am advocating for a wi-fi mesh network, which seems like a sweet spot between meshtastic and bluetooth radios.

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shortwavesurfer2009 4mo ago

Yeah, if Wi-Fi direct can be used, I think that would be a good middle point because it's got bigger range than Bluetooth, but it's still not super crazy.