Https://libremesh.org/ is interesting, but it only really works if the devices is close enough to each other and either way, you will need a gateway to the rest of the internet. Source: over 2 years ago

Few routers are supported and widespread ad-hoc mesh networking remains mostly a pipe dream at this point. You can find a few attempts to do what you're asking for such as commotion and libremesh but they are just attempts and require significant planning put into the layout and configuration of the network which largely defeats your reason for wanting mesh networking. Like I said, there is little router support... Source: over 2 years ago

Today I head about mesh networks (https://libremesh.org/ or https://librerouter.org/) in a comment on r/ipfs. Source: about 3 years ago

IPFS is a solution on the software side for hardware check out https://libremesh.org/ or https://librerouter.org/. Source: about 3 years ago

They're also the same team building gravity bridge. Link. Source: about 2 years ago

This week's guest is Justin Kilpatrick of Althea/Gravity Bridge. Source: over 2 years ago

There are other projects worthy if attention. Althea is a internet ISP that separates the backhaul internet, service/maintenance, and infrastructure layers so that multiple entities own different parts of the system. Each part gets paid algorithmically and automatically, there is no billing, no one has to make a phone call demanding money. Source: over 2 years ago

Communication mechanisms without access to the Internet: https://locha.io/ , https://meshtastic.letstalkthis.com/ , https://althea.net/ , https://gotennamesh.com/. Source: almost 3 years ago

Official Website • Github • Twitter. Source: almost 3 years ago