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Meshtastic is both extremely range limited and trivial to DDOS. It's a fun toy protocol but it's not resistant to nation state disruption at all.
by idiotsecant 10mo ago
Meshtastic is both extremely range limited and trivial to DDOS. It's a fun toy protocol but it's not resistant to nation state disruption at all.
- lukeinator42 10mo agoIt's only line-of-sight, but isn't the range 10s-100s of kilometres in open areas? Some repeaters on hills/mountains etc. could connect large areas potentially.
- fragmede 10mo agoIt's trivially jammable, as evidenced by the network not working at popular events such as Defcon with default firmware settings.
- nunobrito 10mo agoNope. Uses only one frequency that quickly gets crowded and if you are in urban areas you'd be lucky to get more than 200 meters. It is a toy. A cheap Quangsheng/Baofeng for 20 euros can reach a few kilometers in urban area, use multiple frequencies and go for 100 kilometers easily on LoS. They even reach Australia from Europe when using a wire antenna large enough.
- NoiseBert69 10mo agoI've tested >60km links with Meshtastic without problems and had plenty of SNR left.