Getting Started AREDN MESH: WaveTalkers LIVE 96

Getting Started with AREDN MESH
Please Join Us this Sunday for WaveTalkers LIVE: Episode 96
This week the WaveTalkers crew dives into the basics of AREDN MESH networking.
We will begin our exploration of MESH networking with a high level overview of what you need to get started and walk through a few straight forward demos to show the power of AREDN for your EmComm operations.
We will wrap up Episode 96 with an after party for all of those joining us in the Zoom. We would love to hear what your experience with MESH networking is.
Getting Started with AREDN MESH (Episode 96)
February 18, 2024
1pm Pacific ST / 4pm Eastern ST / 2100 UTC
Zoom Doors will open approximately 10 min before the live stream starts.
Thank you for joining us our this journey into ham radio and emergency communications.
73!
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[@NickGavin]

Lots of good information, I have a node that is always on and connected to the Internet but no connections in or out full time, I have two other nodes that I think right now one is going to go in the comm box I'm building and not sure about the other one yet. I would love to see information about getting services going on each node

[@WaveTalkers]

Thanks @NickGavin we are working on some follow on content for getting services up and running on nodes. In fact we just did a field exercise where we used MESH nodes to pipe video around so we will be talking about that on an upcoming show in the coming weeks.

[@dreadroberts7523]

id like to do AREDN

[@RBMD2A]

I’m concerned that AREDN may be a misnomer. It appears that it is extremely dependent on having the internet to operate or at least manage the connections. I may be wrong, as I often am, but in an emergency wouldn’t the internet infrastructure be disabled fairly soon? If that is the case, are we building something that may be useless?

[@WaveTalkers]

Great question, AREDN does not require the internet at all. It uses the same TCP/IP protocols as the internet but it is a complete standalone network. In fact at a recent event we used AREDN to move video data around but didn’t have an internet connection at all. The nodes once set correctly auto detect each other and begin talking and running the services that each is offering.

[@pedromorillas6535]

Lots of info but no microwave line of sight requirement

[@WaveTalkers]

We are planning to do an entire show on establishing the line of site microwave links. This show was mean to be more foundational to help people get started. Thanks for learning with us!