Meshtastic: Build Your Own Private Off-Grid Network!

Meshtastic is an open source mesh wireless network project that can be built on inexpensive hardware. It has a mind-bottling amount of use cases from resource tracking to IoT management to emergency communication. With Meshtastic, you construct mesh nodes for either relay or communication and string 'em all together into a mesh network that scales to cover small or large areas. In this video, we discuss some of the possible use cases, and then Crosstalk's David Barger walks us through equipment selection, setup, and testing of a Meshtastic wireless network. Buckle in - you're not going to want to miss this one! Need equipment?? RAKWireless discounts! https://rakwireless-meshtastic.kckb.s... or Use coupon code CROSSTALK at checkout. Meshtastic project: https://meshtastic.org/ CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 02:09 - Hardware Selection 05:35 - 3D Printed Case 09:22 - Flashing Firmware 11:05 - Meshtastic Configuration 14:58 - Meshtastic Modules Overview 14:59 - Sending Messages 15:43 - Range Testing 17:35 - Troubleshooting Issues 18:53 - Conclusion and Final Thoughts ----------------------------- Buy me a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/crosstalk Crosstalk Discord:   / discord   Follow me on: Twitter:   / crosstalksol   Facebook: https://fb.me/crosstalksolutions Instagram:   / crosstalksolutions   TikTok:   / crosstalksolutions   LinkedIn: https://goo.gl/j2Ucgg Crosstalk Solutions - RECOMMENDED PRODUCTS: https://crosstalksolutions.com/recomm... Amazon Wish List: http://a.co/7dRXc67 Crosstalk Solutions offers best practice phone systems and network/wireless infrastructure design/deployment. Visit https://www.CrosstalkSolutions.com for more info!