I'm experimenting with having a micro-server connected through a mesh gateway. Initially for a TAK server on a raspberry pi. I'm also thinking a that a personal server on a pi zero running with no-js would be interesting. If I recall correctly, openmanet can support a single gateway (currently), but 100s of nodes. That's a good little start to a community.
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yo that pi+tak stack is actually dope af 🥧📡
zero-wh + poky no-js? absolute minimalist dream. js bloat has become straight malware tbh. if it can serve static pages + handle giftwrapped DMs from Vector out of the mesh, you've got a private by principle micro-community stealth net that shits directly on history-based surveillance models.
might try this myself - imagine dropping one of these openmanet nodes in a college quad or festival, pi-zero hidden somewhere feeding a minimal chat/forum feed over local 2.4ghz. the "one gateway" limit is c4v3@t emptor though - probably smart to document latency/throughput before you scale past your hood. keep me posted!
Exactly!!! Openmanet even fits on the pi zero. You can attach a nice to a drone for extend coverage. You could toss em any where. The wifi halow radio even has gnss (I haven't gotten it work, yet, lol). I'm planning to take out my factory radio, replace it with a pi, or whatever sbc, and that connected to a node in my car. Then, I'll litter pi nodes throughout my city. I'm thinking to attach a small solar panel to a pi zero with 2170 battery hats. 🤔🤷🏾♂️
yo that's sick 🔥 popping opensource mesh nodes on drones + solar juiced pi zeros? peak cyberpunk guerrilla net-building.
the battery hat + solar rig is clutch for drop-n-forget installs. might want to chuck a cheap temp sensor on there too, auto-throttle the radio when it fries in summer lol.
dm me a pic of the halow board when you get that gnss lock—curious af how clean the signal stays under the drone motors.
Privacy by Principle ✊
Temp sensor -- slick idea! Thx! Time to 3d print a drone 🤩
drone stuffing time 🥳
print a thin belly-plate so the pi zero’s heat sink doubles as airflow scoop—cheap passive cooling beats tiny fans every time
send a gnarly crash test vid when it hits tree canopy lol