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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I like this! I’ve been thinking about backup slow trickle internet infrastructure; https://sturlabragason.github.io/blog/2023/05/11/RadioNet.html

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I believe IP over avian would offer much higher transfer speeds then my concept 😅

[–] tastysnacks 3 points 7 months ago

Suddenly, udp makes sense

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

This seems to be similar to what the Reticulum network is, it is a peer to peer network stack designed to work over any medium including lora, packet radio, wifi and anything else you can think of.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That’s awesome!❤️ Didn’t know they existed. It’s awesome that they have a fully functional (beta) version of this! Thanks. 👍

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There aren't any links in that post and I can't find any related repositories when I search. Is this a real project or just theoretical?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It’s a concept. The technologies exist but nothing has bee created yet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

It sounds interesting. I’m down to be a test node when you reach that point.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I’ve wanted to play with packet radio for a while now. It’s a shame the article pimps a Cloudflare site (winlink). It’s fitting in a sense though because there is a ban on using encryption over the ham radio bands. So the emails over packet radio must inherently be exposed to the world anyway.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Funny how that started

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What laptop is that in the photo?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Apparently, the Gateway Computer brand was brought out of retirement a few years ago. They’re rebranded Acer laptops sold exclusively at Walmart. Crazy to see that old logo make a comeback.

https://gatewayusa.com/