Recommended Configuration Settings

In order to maintain a healthy mesh network, we recommend the following configuration settings for your Meshtastic devices.

These settings are intended to facilitate a stable and reliable mesh network. They are based on the collective experience of the Mountain Mesh community and are subject to change as the mesh grows and evolves.

Radio configuration

Device

Option	Recommended Config	Notes
Role	CLIENT or CLIENT_MUTE	See Meshtastic Deployment Scenarios
NodeInfo broadcast interval	10800 (3 hours)

Position

Option	Recommended Config	Notes
Smart position enabled	True
Position broadcast interval	3600 (1 hour)
GPS update interval	900 (15 minutes)
Position flags	Disable unused flags	Fixed nodes should disable almost all of these.

LoRa

Warning

As of October 1, 2025, Mountain Mesh members flipped their nodes over to the MediumFast modem preset. For more information, see the MediumFast Migration Page

Option	Recommended Config	Notes
Modem Preset	MEDIUM_FAST	This is the new fast network
Hop limit	5	Please do not set this higher than 6.
Frequency Slot	45	This is the default. It equates to 913.125 MHz
Ignore MQTT	True	This is enabled on most ROUTER nodes in our mesh.
OK to MQTT	True	Added in 2.5.0. Enable to show up on online tools like view.MtnMe.sh.

Module configuration

Telemetry

Please only enable on solar nodes where health data is useful.

Option	Recommended Config	Notes
Device metrics update interval	3600 (1 hour)	Change to 1800 when testing new nodes.
Environment metrics update interval	3600 (1 hour)
Power metrics module enabled	False	This is for I²C power monitors, not onboard battery stats.

Consider disabling the Environment metrics / Air Quality metrics modules if you are not using the data.

Neighbor Info

Option	Recommended Config
Neighbor Info enabled	False

Neighbor Info's functionality has been greatly limited in newer firmware versions. We recommend disabling it for most deployments.