Reticulum Node — Chicago Offline

Services ONLINE

Reticulum Transport — routes traffic, relays announces, serves path requests
rns.chicagooffline.com:4242
LXMF Propagation — stores and forwards encrypted messages for offline users
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NomadNet Node — serves pages and info over the Reticulum network
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Relay Chat (RRC) — real-time IRC-style chat rooms, no accounts or logs
215f9cc1867ea027cdddfe459bce3033 · join #chicagooffline

Connect to the Transport Node

Add this to your ~/.reticulum/config under [interfaces]:

  [[Chicago Offline]]
    type = TCPClientInterface
    enabled = yes
    target_host = rns.chicagooffline.com
    target_port = 4242

Works with Sideband, NomadNet, or any Reticulum-based app.

NomadNet

This node runs NomadNet — connect to browse pages over the Reticulum network.

1

Install NomadNet:

pip install nomadnet

2

Add the Chicago Offline transport interface (see above)

3

Launch: nomadnet — navigate to this node's pages via the Network section

LoRa Radio Parameters

Join the Chicago Offline Reticulum radio network with an RNode:

  Frequency:        914.875 MHz
  Bandwidth:        125.0 KHz
  Spreading Factor: 8
  Coding Rate:      5
  TX Power:         22 dBm (check your hardware)

RNode interface config:

  [[RNode LoRa]]
    type = RNodeInterface
    enabled = yes
    port = /dev/ttyACM0
    frequency = 914875000
    bandwidth = 125000
    txpower = 22
    spreadingfactor = 8
    codingrate = 5

Compatible hardware: Heltec V3/V4/T114, LilyGO T-Beam/T-LoRa, RAK4631, or any SX1262/SX1276 board with RNode firmware. Flash with rnodeconf --autoinstall.

What is Reticulum?

Reticulum is a cryptography-based networking stack for resilient, encrypted communications over any medium — LoRa, packet radio, WiFi, serial, TCP/IP, or anything in between. No accounts, no servers required, no metadata leaks.

Chicago Offline

We build resilient, off-grid communication infrastructure for Chicagoland. LoRa mesh nodes, MQTT observers, and Reticulum transport — keeping Chicago connected when the grid goes dark.