From aa36abb7ef1e38186ab7d1aa713bc8de67671b15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: GUVWAF Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 20:22:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Document small packet storage on device --- docs/about/overview/index.mdx | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/overview/index.mdx b/docs/about/overview/index.mdx index cdc4d6d9..c7575799 100644 --- a/docs/about/overview/index.mdx +++ b/docs/about/overview/index.mdx @@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ When you send a message on your Meshtastic companion app, it is relayed to the r When a receiving radio captures a packet, it checks to see if it has heard that message before. If it has it ignores the message. If it hasn't heard the message, it will rebroadcast it. For each message a radio rebroadcasts, it marks the "hop limit" down by one. When a radio receives a packet with a hop limit of zero, it will not rebroadcast the message. + +The radio will store a small amount of packets (around 30) in its memory for when it's not connected to a client app. If it's full, it will replace the oldest packets with newly incoming text messages only.