MeshCore Room Server

Room servers are simple BBS (bulletin board server) systems. They are used to store messages that users can access at a later time.

These are the additional settings to the "General Settings" mentioned above, which we recommend using for all Room Servers.

Admin Password

It is recommended that you change the default password “password” to a secure, personal password to prevent third parties from making changes to the repeater.

Guest Password

The default guest password is “hallo” and can be left as is. If you prefer not to use this, set a password that can be shared. 

Advert Interval

With the following two settings, repeaters can automatically advertise themselves.

Zero-Hop Advert

0 – Disable, as this is only a local advertisement that is essentially unnecessary. The “Flood Advert” setting below also covers Zero-Hop Advert.

Flood Advert

48 – Set this value to 48 hours to avoid unnecessary traffic. Companion nodes do not need to know about repeaters to use them, so it is not really important for repeaters to send many ads.

RX Delay

0.0 – This is currently the best setting recommended by the MeshCore community.

TX Delay

0.5 – This is currently the best setting recommended by the MeshCore community.

Enable Repeater

Room servers can also function as repeaters. However, they do not have the full range of features available to normal repeaters. This setting is disabled by default.

Time

It is very important for MeshCore that repeaters are set to the correct time, as otherwise problems with the adverts may occur. The easiest way is to use “Remote Management” via the Android or iOS app with a Companion Node. For RAK-based repeater nodes, it is recommended to add the RTC module.

Map

It is strongly recommended that you add repeaters to the official MeshCore map. This can be done directly through the MeshCore Android or iOS app.