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.. code::
# Install
# Install ...
pip3 install nomadnet
# And run
# ... and run
nomadnet
Creating a Network With Reticulum
=============================================
To create a network, you will need to specify one or more *interfaces* for
Reticulum to use. This is done in the Reticulum configuration file, which by
default is located at ``~/.reticulum/config``.
When Reticulum is started for the first time, it will create a default
configuration file, with one active interface. This default interface uses
your existing ethernet network (if there is one), and only allows you to
communicate with other Reticulum peers within your local broadcast domain.
To communicate further, you will have to add one or more interfaces. The default
configuration includes a number of examples, ranging from using TCP over the
internet, to LoRa and Packet Radio interfaces.
Possibly, the examples in the config file are enough to gen you started. If
you want more information, you can read the :ref:`Interfaces<interfaces-main>`
chapter of this manual.
Develop a Program with Reticulum
===========================================
If you want to develop programs that use Reticulum, the easiest way to get
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.. code::
# Install dependencies
pip3 install cryptography pyserial
pip3 install cryptography pyserial netifaces
# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum.git

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Reticulum allows you to build very wide-area networks with off-the-shelf tools, and offers end-to-end encryption, autoconfiguring cryptographically backed multi-hop transport, efficient addressing, unforgeable packet acknowledgements and more.
Reticulum is a complete networking stack, and does not use IP or higher layers, although it is easy to utilise IP (with TCP or UDP) as the underlying carrier for Reticulum. It is therefore trivial to tunnel Reticulum over the Internet or private IP networks. Reticulum is built directly on cryptographic principles, allowing resilience and stable functionality in open and trustless networks.
Reticulum is a complete networking stack, and does not need IP or higher layers, although it is easy to utilise IP (with TCP or UDP) as the underlying carrier for Reticulum. It is therefore trivial to tunnel Reticulum over the Internet or private IP networks. Reticulum is built directly on cryptographic principles, allowing resilience and stable functionality in open and trustless networks.
No kernel modules or drivers are required. Reticulum runs completely in userland, and can run on practically any system that runs Python 3.
No kernel modules or drivers are required. Reticulum runs completely in userland, and can run on practically any system that runs Python 3. Reticulum runs well even on small single-board computers like the Pi Zero.
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in the development for the messaging and information-sharing protocol
<a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/markqvist/lxmf">LXMF</a>, another project built with Reticulum.</p>
<p>You can install Nomad Network via pip:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Install</span>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Install ...</span>
<span class="n">pip3</span> <span class="n">install</span> <span class="n">nomadnet</span>
<span class="c1"># And run</span>
<span class="c1"># ... and run</span>
<span class="n">nomadnet</span>
</pre></div>
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<div class="section" id="creating-a-network-with-reticulum">
<h2>Creating a Network With Reticulum<a class="headerlink" href="#creating-a-network-with-reticulum" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>To create a network, you will need to specify one or more <em>interfaces</em> for
Reticulum to use. This is done in the Reticulum configuration file, which by
default is located at <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">~/.reticulum/config</span></code>.</p>
<p>When Reticulum is started for the first time, it will create a default
configuration file, with one active interface. This default interface uses
your existing ethernet network (if there is one), and only allows you to
communicate with other Reticulum peers within your local broadcast domain.</p>
<p>To communicate further, you will have to add one or more interfaces. The default
configuration includes a number of examples, ranging from using TCP over the
internet, to LoRa and Packet Radio interfaces.</p>
<p>Possibly, the examples in the config file are enough to gen you started. If
you want more information, you can read the <a class="reference internal" href="networks.html#interfaces-main"><span class="std std-ref">Interfaces</span></a>
chapter of this manual.</p>
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<h2>Develop a Program with Reticulum<a class="headerlink" href="#develop-a-program-with-reticulum" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>If you want to develop programs that use Reticulum, the easiest way to get
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utilities, youll want to get the latest source from GitHub. In that case,
dont use pip, but try this recipe:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Install dependencies</span>
<span class="n">pip3</span> <span class="n">install</span> <span class="n">cryptography</span> <span class="n">pyserial</span>
<span class="n">pip3</span> <span class="n">install</span> <span class="n">cryptography</span> <span class="n">pyserial</span> <span class="n">netifaces</span>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#creating-a-network-with-reticulum">Creating a Network With Reticulum</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#develop-a-program-with-reticulum">Develop a Program with Reticulum</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#participate-in-reticulum-development">Participate in Reticulum Development</a></li>
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<span id="api-reticulum"></span><h3>Reticulum<a class="headerlink" href="#reticulum" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="RNS.Reticulum">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span> </em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">RNS.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Reticulum</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">configdir</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#RNS.Reticulum" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span> </em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">RNS.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Reticulum</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">configdir</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">loglevel</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#RNS.Reticulum" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>This class is used to initialise access to Reticulum within a
program. You must create exactly one instance of this class before
carrying out any other RNS operations, such as creating destinations
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</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="RNS.Transport.next_hop">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">static</span> </em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">next_hop</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">destination_hash</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#RNS.Transport.next_hop" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>destination_hash</strong> A destination hash as <em>bytes</em>.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>The destination hash as <em>bytes</em> for the next hop to the specified destination, or <em>None</em> if the next hop is unknown.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="RNS.Transport.next_hop_interface">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">static</span> </em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">next_hop_interface</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">destination_hash</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#RNS.Transport.next_hop_interface" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>destination_hash</strong> A destination hash as <em>bytes</em>.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>The interface for the next hop to the specified destination, or <em>None</em> if the interface is unknown.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="RNS.Transport.request_path">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">static</span> </em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">request_path</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">destination_hash</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#RNS.Transport.request_path" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
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<h1>What is Reticulum?<a class="headerlink" href="#what-is-reticulum" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>Reticulum is a cryptography-based networking stack for wide-area networks built on readily available hardware, and can operate even with very high latency and extremely low bandwidth.</p>
<p>Reticulum allows you to build very wide-area networks with off-the-shelf tools, and offers end-to-end encryption, autoconfiguring cryptographically backed multi-hop transport, efficient addressing, unforgeable packet acknowledgements and more.</p>
<p>Reticulum is a complete networking stack, and does not use IP or higher layers, although it is easy to utilise IP (with TCP or UDP) as the underlying carrier for Reticulum. It is therefore trivial to tunnel Reticulum over the Internet or private IP networks. Reticulum is built directly on cryptographic principles, allowing resilience and stable functionality in open and trustless networks.</p>
<p>No kernel modules or drivers are required. Reticulum runs completely in userland, and can run on practically any system that runs Python 3.</p>
<p>Reticulum is a complete networking stack, and does not need IP or higher layers, although it is easy to utilise IP (with TCP or UDP) as the underlying carrier for Reticulum. It is therefore trivial to tunnel Reticulum over the Internet or private IP networks. Reticulum is built directly on cryptographic principles, allowing resilience and stable functionality in open and trustless networks.</p>
<p>No kernel modules or drivers are required. Reticulum runs completely in userland, and can run on practically any system that runs Python 3. Reticulum runs well even on small single-board computers like the Pi Zero.</p>
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<p>Reticulum should currently be considered beta software. All core protocol features are implemented and functioning, but additions will probably occur as real-world use is explored. There will be bugs. The API and wire-format can be considered relatively stable at the moment, but could change if warranted.</p>
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.. code::
# Install
# Install ...
pip3 install nomadnet
# And run
# ... and run
nomadnet
Creating a Network With Reticulum
=============================================
To create a network, you will need to specify one or more *interfaces* for
Reticulum to use. This is done in the Reticulum configuration file, which by
default is located at ``~/.reticulum/config``.
When Reticulum is started for the first time, it will create a default
configuration file, with one active interface. This default interface uses
your existing ethernet network (if there is one), and only allows you to
communicate with other Reticulum peers within your local broadcast domain.
To communicate further, you will have to add one or more interfaces. The default
configuration includes a number of examples, ranging from using TCP over the
internet, to LoRa and Packet Radio interfaces.
Possibly, the examples in the config file are enough to gen you started. If
you want more information, you can read the :ref:`Interfaces<interfaces-main>`
chapter of this manual.
Develop a Program with Reticulum
===========================================
If you want to develop programs that use Reticulum, the easiest way to get
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.. code::
# Install dependencies
pip3 install cryptography pyserial
pip3 install cryptography pyserial netifaces
# Clone repository
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Reticulum allows you to build very wide-area networks with off-the-shelf tools, and offers end-to-end encryption, autoconfiguring cryptographically backed multi-hop transport, efficient addressing, unforgeable packet acknowledgements and more.
Reticulum is a complete networking stack, and does not use IP or higher layers, although it is easy to utilise IP (with TCP or UDP) as the underlying carrier for Reticulum. It is therefore trivial to tunnel Reticulum over the Internet or private IP networks. Reticulum is built directly on cryptographic principles, allowing resilience and stable functionality in open and trustless networks.
Reticulum is a complete networking stack, and does not need IP or higher layers, although it is easy to utilise IP (with TCP or UDP) as the underlying carrier for Reticulum. It is therefore trivial to tunnel Reticulum over the Internet or private IP networks. Reticulum is built directly on cryptographic principles, allowing resilience and stable functionality in open and trustless networks.
No kernel modules or drivers are required. Reticulum runs completely in userland, and can run on practically any system that runs Python 3.
No kernel modules or drivers are required. Reticulum runs completely in userland, and can run on practically any system that runs Python 3. Reticulum runs well even on small single-board computers like the Pi Zero.
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