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Meshtastic is great, however my understanding is that it requires special hardware few have.

On the other hand there are six - seven billion mobile devices with wi-fi that people have at home, work, in their pocket.

shortwavesurfer2009 4mo ago

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.

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.