OpenMANET – A higher-bandwidth Meshtastic alternative leveraging 802.11ah WiFi HaLow

Open-source project OpenMANET builds long-range ad-hoc mesh networks on Raspberry Pi and Wi-Fi HaLow (802.11ah) chips from Morse Micro. Unlike LoRa-based Meshtastic and MeshCore, it provides full IP, PTT voice, RTSP video, and ATAK integration at speeds of 1–15 Mbps, but requires more expensive and power-hungry hardware.

• Speed 1–15 Mbps depending on country of operation
• Supports Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, Pi 3, Pi 4, Gateworks Venice, Heltec HT-HD01 V2
• Includes PTT voice, GPS positions, RTSP video, and ATAK integration
• Firmware on OpenWrt, OpenMANETd daemon in Go, batman-adv routing