Almost no mestastic or reticulum nodes use raspberrypis outside of one or two outliers.
.5 watts
faaaar less
The Rak and T114 boards are in the fraction of watt range. 10,000mah would last 1-2 months without the sun, and be fully charged in three to four days of sunlight.
Reticulum and the like would benefit from normal networking hardware as they do provide a lan connection, but they can just as easily mesh together without it. Your server stack can be in a building with dedicated power while still sending packets to whoever miles away via the mesh. The mesh doesn’t host, it just passes along.
Almost no mestastic or reticulum nodes use raspberrypis outside of one or two outliers.
faaaar less
The Rak and T114 boards are in the fraction of watt range. 10,000mah would last 1-2 months without the sun, and be fully charged in three to four days of sunlight.
Reticulum and the like would benefit from normal networking hardware as they do provide a lan connection, but they can just as easily mesh together without it. Your server stack can be in a building with dedicated power while still sending packets to whoever miles away via the mesh. The mesh doesn’t host, it just passes along.