This looks like a lot of fun. I’ve been running Meshstastic nodes for about a year, with over a hundred in range, but virtually zero traffic.
Are you seeing greater uptake on reticulum?
I converted my third #meshtastic node to an #RNode today so I can use it as a future portable/mobile node. My #Linux #hamradio shack PC has both an RNode and high-speed TCP connectivity and is acting as a dedicated bridge between my RNode-based reticulum network and the public internet TCP-based #reticulum network. I tweaked the mode settings on the different interfaces in the ./reticulum/config files to use the #gateway and #boundary modes were appropriate. You can see the modes on the status page at https://reticulum.n7ekb.net.
For #nomadnet I setup a second node so that my rnode-based network has it's own node on the #hamradio shack PC. Look for "N7EKB's RNode Network Node" and "N7EKB's TCP Network Node" in the announce stream on the #Nomad Network.
The screenshot is of Liam Cottle's #MeshChat program running on my #Fedora #Linux laptop connected to the TCP Server interface of my #hamradio shack PC. MeshChat is an AWESOME program Liam!
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Its a bit early to say. I live in a rural area with lots of Douglas Fir trees, so 900 MHz radio signals don't travel very far - even with the magic of LoRA low-power propagation. The 4 RNodes I currently have on the property are happily meshing together and waiting for more neighbors. If I could just get a node up on a mountaintop... In the meantime I'm using the internet as a stable gateway to other RNode networks.
Sounds promising. Thanks.