Meshtastic
Role Configurator
// describe your node → get the optimal role
1
Mobility
🏠
Fixed
Permanent mount
🚗
Slow / Vehicle
Moves occasionally
🚶
Mobile
Handheld / carried
2
Placement
☀️
Outdoor
External / exposed
🏢
Indoor
Inside a building
⚠ Moving and/or indoor nodes cannot be infrastructure. Role will be adjusted automatically.
3
Device purpose
🗼
Infrastructure
Relay / backbone
📡
Tracker
GPS asset tracking
🌡
Sensor
Telemetry / IoT
💬
Chat Client
Human messaging
4
Physical location
🏠
Rooftop
Building roof
🪟
Balcony
Partial cover
⛰
Hill / High
Natural elevation
📶
Radio Tower
Mast / tower
🏢
Indoor
Inside a building
🌿
Ground Level
Outdoor at grade
5
LOS to other infrastructure nodes
0
nodes visible
0 · Isolated
3+ · Well connected
10 · Dense
6
Bridge / backhaul connections
☁ MQTT
Internet cloud bridge
🔗 UDP
LAN packet tunnel
🔌 Serial
SBC / host bridge
⊘ None
RF standalone only
▶ Determine Role