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[](LICENSE)
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**donglora-bridge** connects LoRa radios to the internet so packets heard by one
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**donglora-bridge** relays raw LoRa packets over the internet. Every packet your
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radio can be retransmitted by another radio anywhere in the world.
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radio hears is forwarded to every other bridge running the same passphrase, and
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their radios retransmit it locally. Because it operates on raw packets, it works
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with any protocol built on LoRa --
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[Meshtastic](https://meshtastic.org/),
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[MeshCore](https://github.com/rocketgithub/meshcore-firmware),
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or anything else -- simultaneously and without configuration. If your radio can
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hear it, the bridge will relay it.
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[LoRa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoRa) is a long-range, low-power wireless
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[LoRa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoRa) is a long-range, low-power wireless
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protocol used by off-grid mesh networks like
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modulation used by off-grid mesh networks. A single radio might cover a few
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[MeshCore](https://github.com/rocketgithub/meshcore-firmware). A single LoRa
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kilometers. This bridge removes that limit, extending a local LoRa network
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radio might cover a few kilometers. This bridge removes that limit: any packet
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across a larger geographic area.
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your radio hears gets relayed over the internet to every other bridge running the
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same passphrase, and their radios retransmit it locally. The result is a single
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mesh network across a larger geographic area.
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There is no central server. Bridges discover each other automatically using the
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There is no central server. Bridges discover each other automatically using the
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[Mainline DHT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainline_DHT) and communicate
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[Mainline DHT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainline_DHT) and communicate
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