The Auto Interface enables communication with other discoverable Reticulum nodes over autoconfigured IPv6 and UDP. It does not need any functional IP infrastructure like routers or DHCP servers, but will require at least some sort of switching medium between peers (a wired switch, a hub, a WiFi access point or similar), and that link-local IPv6 is enabled in your operating system, which should be enabled by default in almost all OSes.

[[Default Interface]]

type = AutoInterface

interface_enabled = True

# You can create multiple isolated Reticulum

# networks on the same physical LAN by

# specifying different Group IDs.

group_id = reticulum

# You can also select specifically which

# kernel networking devices to use.

devices = wlan0,eth1

# Or let AutoInterface use all suitable

# devices except for a list of ignored ones.

ignored_devices = tun0,eth0

If you are connected to the Internet with IPv6, and your provider will route IPv6 multicast, you can potentially configure the Auto Interface to globally autodiscover other Reticulum nodes within your selected Group ID. You can specify the discovery scope by setting it to one of link, admin, site, organisation or global.

[[Default Interface]]

type = AutoInterface

interface_enabled = True

# Configure global discovery

group_id = custom_network_name

discovery_scope = global

# Other configuration options

discovery_port = 48555

data_port = 49555

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