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ScotMesh RNS Network
Scotland's Reticulum network
Welcome to the ScotMesh backbone. These pages are served over Reticulum itself, so they work wherever Reticulum reaches you: over the internet, over I2P, or over LoRa radio with no internet at all.
Start here
The whole of wiki.scotmesh.net, copied here and kept up to date automatically: getting connected, apps, radios, the backbone, troubleshooting.
RNode and ScotMesh microReticulum firmware for every supported board, and the tools to flash it from Windows, Linux or macOS without an internet connection.
What it is, why it is different, and how to connect in five minutes.
Say hello
Come and talk to people. There is one ScotMesh chat with three ways in; pick whichever suits you and everyone sees the same messages.
Right here in NomadNet or MeshChatX. Identify to post.
LXMF group send /join to 625ad393ca4df62a1382f9d936322a0a
From Sideband, MeshChatX, NomadNet or Columba. Messages arrive like any other conversation.
RRC room /join scotmesh on hub 004e5a15da221d9a236b0e8d74195f13
From MeshChatX, NomadNet, Ratspeak, rrc-tui, WeeChat or Eridanus.
When you come back you get what was said since you left, and your name is the same on all three. Chat is kept for 7 days. More about the chat
Off the network, most of the community is on the ScotMesh Discord (discord.gg/ytxfyuDmSt), and there is a forum at scotmesh.uk. Looking for MeshCore or Meshtastic? They have their own wiki at wiki.scotmesh.uk.
What runs on this node
Propagation node
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These pages
Nomad Network node 10a839df2c50635bcb0c8a299b9ca0f8.
Transport
The node relays traffic between Scottish operators and the wider Reticulum network, peering with rmap.world, rebelnet.uk and rns.cybercore.uk. It is open to anyone and costs nothing.
Connect a node of your own
Add this to your Reticulum config file (normally ~/.reticulum/config), under [interfaces]:
[[ScotMesh Backbone]]
type = TCPClientInterface
enabled = yes
target_host = rns.scotmesh.net
target_port = 4242
Or reach the node over I2P instead, which needs no port forwarding at either end:
[[ScotMesh I2P]]
type = I2PInterface
enabled = yes
peers = a3pswrtvpuro62ijhb7lwdt2n6aqgajglof27ynbonynmolzlz7q.b32.i2p
Restart Reticulum, then check the interface shows as Up with rnstatus. There is no registration, no account and no key exchange to arrange. The step-by-step guide, including the apps that need no config file at all, is Connecting to ScotMesh.
Radios
Every ScotMesh radio must use the same five settings, or it cannot hear the others:
| | ScotMesh 433 | ScotMesh 868 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Frequency | 433.775 MHz | 869.4625 MHz |
| Bandwidth | 125 kHz | 125 kHz |
| Spreading factor | 8 | 9 |
| Coding rate | 4/5 | 4/5 |
| TX power | 7 dBm | 22 dBm |
Firmware for your board and the tools to flash it are under Firmware & flashing tools. With a web connection, the flasher at rnode.scotmesh.net does the whole job from Chrome or Edge.
On the web
On the web: scotmesh.net · rns.scotmesh.net · wiki.scotmesh.net · rnode.scotmesh.net