LoRaWAN spotting - add a gateway and they will come

jezd
Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:57:20 +0000

Don’t forget we’re a bit on the fringe of the LoRaWAN ecosystem here. The TTN infrastructure is effectively provided by TTI rather than the other way round.

What you’re seeing isn’t so much “devices arriving” locally, but your gateway picking up traffic from devices that will use whichever network/gateway gives the best coverage.

TTI peers with other networks, which is why you’re seeing those device address ranges. Some of that traffic will belong to networks like Senet/Netmore and is just being heard by your gateway, not necessarily served by it.

Given the high SFs you’re seeing, it probably does suggest those devices are on the edge of coverage and your gateway is one of the ones hearing them.