The following set of pages is a bit more technical, for brave ones getting hands -on with this awesome project:
- Planning a Public Meshtastic Network
- Building Redundancy Into a Regional Mesh
- Choosing Locations for Meshtastic Infrastructure
- From Isolated Nodes to a Regional Public Network
- How Communities Can Coordinate Meshtastic Deployments
- How Landowners and Businesses Can Host a Public Meshtastic Node
- How Many Meshtastic Nodes Does a Community Need?
- How to Plan a Public Meshtastic Network
- Urban vs. Rural Meshtastic Networks
- Configuration and Network Behaviour
- Choosing the Right Meshtastic LoRa Preset
- How Meshtastic Routing Actually Works
- Meshtastic Channels, Encryption and Private Groups
- Meshtastic Hop Limits and Rebroadcasting Explained
- Meshtastic Network Capacity and Congestion
- Position, Telemetry and Node Information Broadcast Intervals
- Public Meshtastic Network Etiquette
- Recommended Settings for a Public Meshtastic Network
- Deployment and Testing
- Commissioning Checklist for a New Infrastructure Node
- Documenting a Meshtastic Installation
- How to Diagnose One-Way LoRa Links
- How to Install a Permanent Meshtastic Node
- How to Perform a Proper Meshtastic Range Test
- How to Test and Map Meshtastic Coverage
- RSSI, SNR and Packet Loss Explained
- Troubleshooting a Meshtastic Node That Cannot Be Heard
- Operating and Maintaining a Public Meshtastic Network
- Detecting Failed or Degraded Meshtastic Nodes
- Maintaining a Public Meshtastic Network
- Maintaining Solar Meshtastic Nodes Through Winter and Summer
- Meshtastic Firmware Updates and Configuration Backups
- Ownership and Responsibility for Community Meshtastic Nodes
- Planning Meshtastic Site Visits and Spare Equipment
- Recovering an Inaccessible Remote Meshtastic Node
- When Should an Inactive Meshtastic Node Be Removed From a Map?
- Meshtastic features
- Connecting Meshtastic to ATAK and TAK
- Meshtastic telemetry and environmental sensors
- Meshtastic traceroute explained
- Neighbor Info and mesh topology
- Remote administration: what Meshtastic can and cannot do
- Serial devices, sensors and remote alarms
- Standalone Meshtastic messaging without a phone
- Store and Forward for intermittent users