Long range (LoRa) mesh networks are interesting alternatives to communication, especially when state actors are blocking internet access for various reasons.
More details about meshtastic: https://meshtastic.org/
About its current state of encryption: https://meshtastic.org/docs/overview/encryption
18 Comments
akrot@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y
What up with everyone using the acronym LoRa. It is becoming confusing.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
We ran out of acronyms a long time ago.
modeler@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
In other words, a ROOAALTA.
authed@lemmy.ml · 13 pts · 2y
When talking about LoRa, I always think about the wireless protocol/chip... Its been around for a long time (specially when capitalized like that) .... What other Lora are you talking about?
FooBarrington@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
In generative AIs LoRAs are "Low-Rank Adaptions". Basically an overlay for existing networks to teach them new things.
danie10@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
It stands for Long Range, so would otherwise have been LR.
Ferris@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 2y
perhaps LoRa is the name of the singularity and it is all coming together
unreachable@lemmy.world · -16 pts · 2y
tell us then, beside your waifu name "lora", what/which else is named after your waifu, that confuses you?
/s
Jables@iusearchlinux.fyi · 14 pts · 2y
Not sure why you decided to ask that person the question like that, but when it comes to AI, LoRA stands for Low-Rank Adaptation. They are used to fine-tune models. Next time be a bit more polite.
m_randall@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 2y
The documentation is a little lacking. What exactly is the range of each decide? I see the record of 100+ miles but can I easily connect people within a few miles?
What exactly does this do? Is it just a messaging app?
citizen@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 2y
m_randall@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 2y
Dude this is a great response. I’ve spent the last hour trying to piece together how it works and you nailed everything perfectly.
I’m a ham so familiar with radios and have been trying to setup some Wi-Fi links between friends but this seems a little more practical.
Is a few mile range possible with houses etc in the way? We’re all about a mile away from each other, although I may throw an antenna on top of my house (maybe 10m up)
citizen@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
m_randall@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Funny. I have some Disc Lite 5s that I’ve yet to get going due to difficulty of setup. We did have plans of a little Wi-Fi mesh setup to setup a WAN.
This would just be for fun between a few friends and the price point is pretty attractive. Plus the ham in me is a little excited about messing with antennas.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
I've done my little stupid tests. I have 2 Heltec LoRa 32 V3s both with the stock antenna. Inside the city I can get 500m on LongFast and 700m on VeryLongSlow. The other node was placed inside a building on the 1st floor.
But that's obviously a terrible test.
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paulcdb@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y
Not sure if they’ve improved it but meshtastic also used to require a module per device/phone so sadly you can’t dot them around and allow multiple people to share them like with group events.
modeler@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
Here's a video with a lot of guidance and examples of use: https://youtu.be/EAQI2ZSmxPU?si=lF5xr8fKyCRHEk7F
thevoiceofra@mander.xyz · 6 pts · 2y
That's the video in this post
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