Re: MeshTastic/MeshCore

William Pearson <[email protected]> Fri, 5 Jun 2026 17:39:46 -0600
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Yeah, uses the LoRa wireless communication. Kinda like WiFi, but much 
further range, though much slower data rate. People have pushed the link 
range up to 200 miles in very special cases. MeshCore utilizes strong 
encryption for messages. Meshtastic is apparently very simple to set up, 
though not as resilient as MeshCore. Farmers have used LoRa for weather 
stations and irrigation systems for years. Very VERY low power, very 
very long range. People put these things in trees and have that act as a 
hub to push another 20-30 miles out.

On 6/5/26 5:06 PM, Don Crowder wrote:
> Looks interesting.
>
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM Loach <[email protected]> wrote:
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>     Anyone have experience with either Meshtastic or MeshCore? Seems
>     kinda cool. Getting a ThinkNode M1 and gonna explore how it works
>     connecting to my Linux laptop.
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    <p>Yeah, uses the LoRa wireless communication. Kinda like WiFi, but
      much further range, though much slower data rate. People have
      pushed the link range up to 200 miles in very special cases.
      MeshCore utilizes strong encryption for messages. Meshtastic is
      apparently very simple to set up, though not as resilient as
      MeshCore. Farmers have used LoRa for weather stations and
      irrigation systems for years. Very VERY low power, very very long
      range. People put these things in trees and have that act as a hub
      to push another 20-30 miles out.</p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/5/26 5:06 PM, Don Crowder wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Looks interesting.</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM
          Loach <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:[email protected]">&lt;[email protected]&gt;</a> wrote:<br>
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          have experience with either Meshtastic or MeshCore? Seems
          kinda cool. Getting a ThinkNode M1 and gonna explore how it
          works connecting to my Linux laptop.<br>
          --  <br>
          Will Pearson<br>
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