Question about the channels

Good day!
I was wondering if I can get some clarification?
If I have 10 nodes on my network and have channel 0 as a public channel that all the nodes are apart of. I want to put 5 of those nodes on channel 1 . The question is will the channel 0 nodes that are not on the channel 1 group still relay the messages from channel 1 ?

Thank you for your help!

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Very good question. You could try it with a trace route and let up know lol. I believe the channel would have to be enabled on all nodes. I have only done this with a single ch with different encryption, never with different channels

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If the modem settings are all the same and you also didn’t tell the radio to only retransmit signals it can decode, than yes. The channel 0 radios will hop the signal from channel 1 radios.

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This depends on the rebroadcast setting (see Device Configuration | Meshtastic). By default, messages for channels that are not configured are also forwarded.

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