We have meshtastic, which is a mesh network for radio communications. How can we create something like that for the internet? And, ideally, how do we then host the fediverse platforms on it?
We have meshtastic, which is a mesh network for radio communications. How can we create something like that for the internet? And, ideally, how do we then host the fediverse platforms on it?
The internet is a mesh network already.
Our 200km run of fibre isn’t the only one where losing it will take us offline like what happened in 2012 with the striking railway guy hacking at a trunk box in the wilderness with an axe.
No. We had redundancy: a whole other company who, when they got bought by a third party, consolidated their links for efficiency – and located our backup run right alongside the primary, one so it got hit with the same axe in the next chop.
To be fair, there were a LOT of fibre runs on that route, so a lot of us tanked that afternoon.
But that’s not very meshy.
Well how do we make it even more meshy
How about a message transport protocol that’s simple?
Why not both?
Let’s call it SMTP for short.
My home networking closet is quite a mesh already :(
We said mesh not mess
Yesh and it is.
Get an Autonomous System Number (ASN) then set up some physical links with other people/companies/universities/etc