Install one app, type in one address, and you are on the network with everyone else: messaging, chat, files and pages.

Then First steps: say hello in the chat room and send your first message.

No addresses to configure, no accounts, no company in the middle. Reticulum is unusual, and it is worth knowing why.

Then How Reticulum works, How it compares with Meshtastic and MeshCore, and the Glossary.

A LoRa board becomes a Reticulum radio for your laptop or phone, or a self-contained relay you can look after from home.

Then ScotMesh firmware for solar and hilltop relays, and Antennas and siting for making it reach.

Live from the node itself, the same feed as rns.scotmesh.net, refreshed every two minutes. If the strip is blank or says unknown, treat the backbone as unconfirmed and check the node page directly.

Backbone right now: online · 135 connections · 4 of 4 peers up · all services running (checked 19:58 UTC, 13 Sep; this copy updates every 10 minutes).

The backbone is a public Reticulum transport node in Dalgety Bay, Fife. Anyone may connect, there is nothing to register, and it costs nothing.

Out of the box: install MeshChatX (meshchatx.com) (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android), Sideband (github.com/markqvist/Sideband/releases) (Android, Windows, macOS, Linux) or an iPhone app, add a connection of type TCPClientInterface with host rns.scotmesh.net and port 4242, and you are on. Step by step.

Full installation: add this to your Reticulum config:

Behind CGNAT or a firewall you do not control? Use the I2P entry point instead; no port needs forwarding at either end. See Access over I2P.

Got a LoRa radio? ScotMesh's first gateway is on air in Fife, carrying both profiles below and linked to the backbone, and standalone solar nodes are going out. Coverage is small so far, so a radio built anywhere in Scotland will hear the others as they arrive. Every radio must match all five settings exactly: a board with a different spreading factor is not weakly connected, it is completely deaf, and nothing reports an error. The 868 profile moved from 867.5 to 869.4625 MHz on 11 September 2026 (Ofcom's 869.40–869.65 MHz sub-band), so retune any radio still on the old frequency. rnode.scotmesh.net applies either profile in one click.

| | 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 |

Whichever way in you chose: restart Reticulum, then check the interface shows Up (in rnstatus, or on the app's interfaces page). If it does not, Troubleshooting lists the usual causes.

Once connected, these are the addresses to paste into your client. Each one is explained in The ScotMesh Backbone; Services and addresses has them all in one place.

TCP entry point

Address: rns.scotmesh.net:4242

Use it with: Any Reticulum client

I2P entry point

Address: a3pswrtvpuro62ijhb7lwdt2n6aqgajglof27ynbonynmolzlz7q.b32.i2p

Use it with: Any Reticulum client, via i2pd

Chat hub (RRC), room scotmesh

Address: 004e5a15da221d9a236b0e8d74195f13

Use it with: MeshChatX, rrc clients

LXMF propagation node

Address: c283b754e0acc11ce48d2f5e29167e0c

Use it with: Sideband, MeshChatX, Nomad Network

Nomad Network node

Address: 10a839df2c50635bcb0c8a299b9ca0f8

Use it with: Nomad Network, MeshChatX

Transport instance

Address: 20b962cd814444f7812e409e7c47f319

Use it with: Shows up in rnpath and node maps

The node peers outward to rebelnet.uk, rns.cybercore.uk and rmap.world, so a client connected here can reach the rest of the public Reticulum network. See Who we peer with.

Where things actually are, rather than where we would like them to be. Updated by hand as things land.

Reticulum backbone online ✔

Notes: Public transport node at rns.scotmesh.net:4242, peered into the wider network.

Reachable over I2P ✔

Notes: No port forwarding needed at either end.

Chat hub running ✔

Notes: RRC hub with the scotmesh room.

Propagation node running ✔

Notes: Offline message delivery for the region.

Web flasher for RNodes and nodes ✔

Notes: rnode.scotmesh.net, with both ScotMesh profiles built in.

LoRa gateway on air ✔

Notes: First gateway in Fife, both profiles, linked to the backbone.

Standalone solar nodes ✔

Notes: ScotMesh firmware: managed and updated over the mesh. First units on the bench and going out.

Coverage beyond Fife ✘

Notes: Needs gateways and relays elsewhere. Put one up and tell us.

I am connected. What can I do?

Read in order: `F5af`[what Reticulum is`:/page/wiki/What_Reticulum_is.mu]`f → `F5af`[how it compares`:/page/wiki/How_it_compares.mu]`f to Meshtastic, MeshCore and LoRaWAN → `F5af`[connecting to ScotMesh`:/page/wiki/Connecting_to_ScotMesh.mu]`f → `F5af`[choosing a client`:/page/wiki/Choosing_a_client.mu]`f → `F5af`[first steps`:/page/wiki/First_steps.mu]`f.: Join the chat room, send messages that arrive even when the other person is offline via the propagation node, or browse and host pages on Nomad Network.

I want to put a radio on air

Read in order: `F5af`[what Reticulum is`:/page/wiki/What_Reticulum_is.mu]`f → `F5af`[how it compares`:/page/wiki/How_it_compares.mu]`f to Meshtastic, MeshCore and LoRaWAN → `F5af`[connecting to ScotMesh`:/page/wiki/Connecting_to_ScotMesh.mu]`f → `F5af`[choosing a client`:/page/wiki/Choosing_a_client.mu]`f → `F5af`[first steps`:/page/wiki/First_steps.mu]`f.: RNode for boards, flashing and the settings above; ScotMesh firmware for a solar relay you can look after from home; antennas and siting for making it actually reach anywhere.

I want to help carry traffic

Read in order: `F5af`[what Reticulum is`:/page/wiki/What_Reticulum_is.mu]`f → `F5af`[how it compares`:/page/wiki/How_it_compares.mu]`f to Meshtastic, MeshCore and LoRaWAN → `F5af`[connecting to ScotMesh`:/page/wiki/Connecting_to_ScotMesh.mu]`f → `F5af`[choosing a client`:/page/wiki/Choosing_a_client.mu]`f → `F5af`[first steps`:/page/wiki/First_steps.mu]`f.: Running your own transport node. Tell us when it is up and we will peer with you.

Something is broken

Read in order: `F5af`[what Reticulum is`:/page/wiki/What_Reticulum_is.mu]`f → `F5af`[how it compares`:/page/wiki/How_it_compares.mu]`f to Meshtastic, MeshCore and LoRaWAN → `F5af`[connecting to ScotMesh`:/page/wiki/Connecting_to_ScotMesh.mu]`f → `F5af`[choosing a client`:/page/wiki/Choosing_a_client.mu]`f → `F5af`[first steps`:/page/wiki/First_steps.mu]`f.: Troubleshooting, then known bugs and workarounds.

What is ScotMesh building?

Read in order: `F5af`[what Reticulum is`:/page/wiki/What_Reticulum_is.mu]`f → `F5af`[how it compares`:/page/wiki/How_it_compares.mu]`f to Meshtastic, MeshCore and LoRaWAN → `F5af`[connecting to ScotMesh`:/page/wiki/Connecting_to_ScotMesh.mu]`f → `F5af`[choosing a client`:/page/wiki/Choosing_a_client.mu]`f → `F5af`[first steps`:/page/wiki/First_steps.mu]`f.: The project index: the ScotMesh firmware, the flasher, and MeshCore as a Reticulum interface.

I want to read and watch more

Read in order: `F5af`[what Reticulum is`:/page/wiki/What_Reticulum_is.mu]`f → `F5af`[how it compares`:/page/wiki/How_it_compares.mu]`f to Meshtastic, MeshCore and LoRaWAN → `F5af`[connecting to ScotMesh`:/page/wiki/Connecting_to_ScotMesh.mu]`f → `F5af`[choosing a client`:/page/wiki/Choosing_a_client.mu]`f → `F5af`[first steps`:/page/wiki/First_steps.mu]`f.: Learning resources: the manual, talks, the community wiki, and where people talk.

What does that word mean?

Read in order: `F5af`[what Reticulum is`:/page/wiki/What_Reticulum_is.mu]`f → `F5af`[how it compares`:/page/wiki/How_it_compares.mu]`f to Meshtastic, MeshCore and LoRaWAN → `F5af`[connecting to ScotMesh`:/page/wiki/Connecting_to_ScotMesh.mu]`f → `F5af`[choosing a client`:/page/wiki/Choosing_a_client.mu]`f → `F5af`[first steps`:/page/wiki/First_steps.mu]`f.: The glossary.

ScotMesh is a community, not a company. Most of us are on the ScotMesh Discord (discord.gg/ytxfyuDmSt), the quickest place to ask anything, Reticulum or not, and there is also the forum at scotmesh.uk (scotmesh.uk); the chat room is where to find us on the network itself; and About ScotMesh says who we are and what we run. If a page here is wrong or unclear, say so, or fix it: anyone can ask for an editing account.