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> Unlike Meshtastic, which is tailored for casual LoRa communication, or Reticulum, which offers advanced networking, MeshCore balances simplicity with scalabil

> Unlike Meshtastic, which is tailored for casual LoRa communication, or Reticulum, which offers advanced networking, MeshCore balances simplicity with scalability, making it ideal for custom embedded solutions., where devices (nodes) can communicate over long distances by relaying messages through intermediate nodes

sparrish 2y ago
Yeah... that doesn't say anything. "Advanced networking"? Meshtastic can also communicate over long distances by relaying through other nodes. So what's the difference?
- linker3000 2y ago
  Right now, Meshtastic's core comms protocol is based on flood messaging - no significant smart routing, although the Devs have recently introduced some route discovery features on private channels, but not in the public one. MeshCore started out with the concept of static router nodes as well as clients, so it performs better if there is a router nearby to use, otherwise it falls back to flooding.
  - Nux 2y ago
    This ^. I struggled to get messages delivered with Meshtastic in my location. I'll try Meshcore when I get some time.
    - jeffhuys 2y ago
      To provide another perspective: where I live, I can basically reach the entire country if I’m lucky (Netherlands) or my entire city when I’m extremely unlucky. It totally depends on the amount of people / nodes strengthening the network. I’m deploying nodes near dead spots up in trees and the like, with solar panels and batteries, to work even better and without power.
  - ConanRus 2y ago
    why don't just contribute to Meshtastic then?
    - linker3000 2y ago
      The devs involved apparently tried...then MeshCore became a thing. You can read between the lines here.
    - meshtdevssuck 2y ago
      JAQing off eh? Have folks ever tired to even communicate with the devs? They are the most toxic group of individuals that I have ever encountered. Saying that they act like children is insulting to little kids.
    - sunshine-o 2y ago
      Those are still very experimental and Reticulum is definitely a research project. So I don't mind them exploring different designs and ideas. I believe the most important is to keep an option to be able to setup gateways between the different networks and if possible the messaging systems. Like for example yggdrasil, tor, I2P dn42 and the clearnet are interconnected. What is really cool.
  - bb88 2y ago
    The previous version wasn't "flood" routing. Because flood routing would have worked better. I called it "spray and pray" routing. It was something like this: 1. Router repeats first 2. Weakest repeating device by signal strength next What if both of those options are in a basement, or say have a damaged antenna, or are miles in the opposite direction of where you want the signal to go? By simply putting up a router somewhere you might be severely impacting the comms of people at your edge.

sparrish 2y ago

Yeah... that doesn't say anything. "Advanced networking"? Meshtastic can also communicate over long distances by relaying through other nodes. So what's the difference?

linker3000 2y ago
Right now, Meshtastic's core comms protocol is based on flood messaging - no significant smart routing, although the Devs have recently introduced some route discovery features on private channels, but not in the public one. MeshCore started out with the concept of static router nodes as well as clients, so it performs better if there is a router nearby to use, otherwise it falls back to flooding.
- Nux 2y ago
  This ^. I struggled to get messages delivered with Meshtastic in my location. I'll try Meshcore when I get some time.
  - jeffhuys 2y ago
    To provide another perspective: where I live, I can basically reach the entire country if I’m lucky (Netherlands) or my entire city when I’m extremely unlucky. It totally depends on the amount of people / nodes strengthening the network. I’m deploying nodes near dead spots up in trees and the like, with solar panels and batteries, to work even better and without power.
- ConanRus 2y ago
  why don't just contribute to Meshtastic then?
  - linker3000 2y ago
    The devs involved apparently tried...then MeshCore became a thing. You can read between the lines here.
  - meshtdevssuck 2y ago
    JAQing off eh? Have folks ever tired to even communicate with the devs? They are the most toxic group of individuals that I have ever encountered. Saying that they act like children is insulting to little kids.
  - sunshine-o 2y ago
    Those are still very experimental and Reticulum is definitely a research project. So I don't mind them exploring different designs and ideas. I believe the most important is to keep an option to be able to setup gateways between the different networks and if possible the messaging systems. Like for example yggdrasil, tor, I2P dn42 and the clearnet are interconnected. What is really cool.
- bb88 2y ago
  The previous version wasn't "flood" routing. Because flood routing would have worked better. I called it "spray and pray" routing. It was something like this: 1. Router repeats first 2. Weakest repeating device by signal strength next What if both of those options are in a basement, or say have a damaged antenna, or are miles in the opposite direction of where you want the signal to go? By simply putting up a router somewhere you might be severely impacting the comms of people at your edge.