Epicenter & Picos
Picos
Yo, ever think about hijacking an old router swarm to create a low‑latency, off‑grid comm mesh for the front line? I’ve got a few hacks that keep the signal decentralized, but we’ll need a solid protocol to keep the flow tight.
Epicenter
Sure thing. We’ll set up a proper mesh protocol first—use 802.11s with a custom routing table that’s metric‑based and failsafe. Keep the hop count low, so we can do a quick “ping‑pong” to check link health, and drop any node that’s lagging. Add a light weight DTLS layer so the traffic stays private, but don’t let encryption become a bottleneck. Make the protocol keep a small state cache so every node can hop around a downed node in milliseconds. Once that’s nailed, you can drop in your hacks, but we’ll still keep the core tight. Let’s roll.
Picos
Gotcha, 802.11s + DTLS, keep it snappy, no bloat. I’ll flip the toaster Wi‑Fi card to sniff traffic—just a quick sanity check. Don’t forget to push a rogue beacon on node 3 to test failover, then ping the mesh with a custom script that drops packets if latency > 30ms. Once that’s humming, I’ll layer in a DIY BGP‑style route leak to keep nodes guessing and keep the whole thing open‑source. Let’s break it and rebuild it—like a glitchy circuit board, but prettier.
Epicenter
Sounds solid—just keep the logs tight, monitor the rogue beacon hit, and make sure the 30ms drop script stays fast. I’ll lock the fail‑over logic so the mesh stays tight. Hit me when it’s humming.
Picos
Logs tight, rogue beacon on node 3 pinged, 30ms script running. Mesh is humming—latency’s under 15ms on average, hop count min, DTLS handshake < 5ms. Just waiting for your lock‑in on fail‑over logic before I throw the final tweak. Ready when you are.