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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

LongFast Config | Option | Recommended Config | Notes | | -------------: | :----------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Modem Preset | LONG_FAST | This is the default. | | Hop limit | 5 | Please do not set this higher than 6. 🙏 The mesh thanks you. | | Frequency Slot | 20 | This is the default. It equates to 906.875 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 info.MtnMe.sh. |

MediumFast Config | Option | Recommended Config | Notes | | -------------: | :----------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Modem Preset | MEDIUM_FAST | This is the new fast network | | Hop limit | 6 | 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 info.MtnMe.sh. |

Module configuration

Telemetry

Please only enabel 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.