Mastodawn

#LazyWeb question: Looking at the #Meshtastic world map[1], it seems Iran's internet/comms shutdown[2] is also including #LoRa bands, but it's hard to find conclusive information about it, though I would assume that if a govt/regime is cutting off comms, it's doing so comprehensively... Of course, there's the (unlikely) possibility for there to be zero nodes in the country to begin with... Anyone knows more?

This insight seems quite important to understand (not just for Iran) and how it potentially re-frames (or constrains) the "networking without internet" to purely non-conflict situations (e.g. being physically out of range of other networks, rather than caused by active suppression)

[1] https://meshtastic.liamcottle.net/
[2] https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/116305605456141201

#InternetShutdown #Blackout

Meshtastic Map

An interactive map of all Meshtastic nodes.

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Aidan Whyte

@toxi I feel running a static relay node for #meshtastic / #meshcore under circumstances like the Iranians are currently experiencing will never be realistic without cheap fully disposable/autonomous nodes.

It's easy to locate transmitters and getting caught is presumably life threatening, even if viewed as citizens communicating rather than aiding foreign hostile activity in the country.

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Eskil Jakobsson 1d ago

@bitcoaxer @toxi having a network of disposable nodes without gps data would be possible no? And then hooking up to them intermittently, they are still rather low range for triangulation to be easily done easily over large areas? I read somewhere that the white helmets used PMR to avoid Russians triangulation of rescue teams? But maybe the mesh nodes are not intermittent enough to work that way?