"Meshtrics:" A Nosy Neighbor's Guide to Meshtastic Airtime Metrics in Grafana
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Start using Prometheus metrics from a PC-connected Meshtastic node to keep tabs on the local mesh in your area. Discover which nodes are misconfigured, hogging airtime, and see patterns in high-use times, as well as environmental changes!

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/32151664

This is a generic metrics post to leverage a spare ESP32 meshtastic node to ingest metrics into Grafana! We’ve had some congestion issues due to poor config in my area, and this has helped me pinpoint which nodes are causing the biggest problems, and block them at my repeater.

  • mesa@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Yeah its pretty spotty. A walky talkie would probably be better in an actual emergency. Im hoping meshcore or related projects will make it less spotty.

    • StarkZarn@infosec.pubOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Meshcore does address some of the biggest shortfalls of Meshtastic, but I absolutely HATE that they’re positioned to either rugpull, or setup a perpetual “freemium” model. It’s also not interoperable, so if Meshcore is to work, it needs the numbers like Meshtastic has.

      • mesa@piefed.socialEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Agreed! I wish they could have worked with meshtastic instead of trying to get everyone off and using their project. Which is totally open source but not really.

        I think the next year or so will be interesting in the space. Im just sitting here with my little nodes making an impromtu weather station.

        • WASTECH@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          30 days ago

          What’s the difference between the two? Reading the GitHub for meshcore, it sounds exactly like meshtastic. What makes it better?