¶ Welcome to the Meshtastic Brisbane User Group Wiki
We are very active on discord, so please drop in and say hello
¶ The Mesh is now on Medium Fast / Channel Slot 45
As of May 2025, the Brisbane, Gold Coast, Ipswich and Sunshine Coast mesh is migrating away from the default "Long Fast' preset.
Please see the [Medium Fast Migration] page for details!
¶ Here are our preferred Meshtastic settings & Guidelines
Let's work together for a strong mesh.
Long Name use something respectful, and put a (MQTT) at the end if you have the MQTT module enabled with the default settings - see below
Position Please don't make your “GPS Error” too large, so we can have a reasonable idea of your fixed node's location.
We are all for privacy, so pick a sensible location, reasonably close to your fixed location, with a very small diameter.
In suburbia there are many homes within a 100m. Don't use km's.
Device Role REPEATER and ROUTER should be only used when absolutely necessary, see the documentation for details.
For the majority of use cases, just use CLIENT or CLIENT_MUTE.
If you have a node on your roof, it should probably be CLIENT or ROUTER_LATE and the nodes in your house/building should all be CLIENT_MUTE.
Good resources explaining roles in more detail are here:
- https://meshtastic.org/blog/choosing-the-right-device-role/ (Doesn't mention ROUTER_LATE as it was written before this role existed)
- https://meshtastic.org/docs/configuration/radio/device/ (Covers all roles, but doesn't explain scenarios as well as the above blog post)
Remember - using the wrong roles can break the mesh for other users… so don't do what donny don't does. Start at CLIENT_MUTE and negotiate up from there as necessary to minimise the risk of negative impacts for others.
Hop Limit we tend to encourage slightly higher than the default 3, while the mesh is still building out. The actual number should be tested for your situation, but just using 7 is probably not correct.
Once your node has been online for a few hours and you have a good node list… have a look at the “Hop count”. If you're towards the middle of the city, you might see most people to the far north and south as 3 or 4 hops away. If that's the case, then 4 or 5 is probably the right choice.
If you're way up north, and the folks down south are all showing as 5 hops away, then consider 5 or 6.
7 is way out. (Unless you are 7 hops away from people, I guess).
¶ Default MQTT Settings
address mqtt.meshtastic.org
user meshdev/large4cats
root topic msh/ANZ
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