Meshtastic for beginners: A real-world, honest guide to off-grid text messaging over radio, including gear, range, MQTT, privacy, and whether Meshtastic is worth using for emergency communication.
I only disagree with one thing said by this author, and that’s the idea to use client. Your nodes in your pocket or on your backpack make really terrible clients because they are not very high off the ground and therefore cannot retransmit a signal received very far.
My general suggestion is go by height. If your node is 100 feet above the ground or higher, you might want to consider using router. If it’s between 100 feet above the ground and 20 feet above the ground, you might want to use client or client base. And if it’s less than 20 feet above the ground or in a moving vehicle of any kind, then client mute should be used.
