Hello,
when running meshtastic and not using the wifi at all, would it be possible to use the esp-idf functions for the ESP-WIFI-MESH?
This way it would be possible to use meshtastic for spontaneos wifi mesh autoconfiguration to get access to the internet or fast p2p data transfer. when uplinked via esp-wifi-mesh devices could even become passive or repeater only on lora to save lora bandwith.
using IPv6 based on hardware mac only there wouldn’t ever be address conflicts to worry about. this way it would be possible to create a high bandwith infrastructure from the same stuff meshtstic uses anyway. it would even be possible to use drones to improve coverage
i did some reading of the sources and i think the beginning would be defining a portnum for creating the “app”. then create enums and message types. is it possible to define a channel type for wifi-autoconfiguration? so after primary channel user can select AutoWifi and use a default key to participate in wifi configuration.
what do you think about that?
EDIT: There is even painlessMesh which from its principle sounds like meshtastic. i guess meshtastic packages could be sent via painlessMesh to have an additional very fast transport layer.
regards,
Verlusti