u/Advanced-Basil-3548

Hi all. New to the community. Bought my first nodes and (not) surprisingly found 0 other users in my area (rural east Texas).

I am trying to get my neighbors on board with having this for off grid / backup comms. I want to put up a [Router / repeater / base station?] on my property to enable us to maintain comms when we are outside of our neighborhood.

What is the difference between the roles and what should I be putting up to maintain coverage?