Part 5: LoRaWAN Network Server

LoRa Gateways are dumb devices, they just forward packets to a LoRaWAN Network Server.

LORIOT.io

Loriot is my recommended server, there is a free community account to test it. You can just use my tutorial and modify global_conf.json file with this:

"server_address": "eu1.loriot.io",

"serv_port_up": 1780,

"serv_port_down": 1780,

Loriot also provide specific software for the gateway with added features. Just try it and see.

The Things Network

TTN is a free Server and crowd deployed LoRa Network. You just need to modify global_conf.json file with this:

"server_address": "router.eu.thethings.network",

"serv_port_up": 1700,

"serv_port_down": 1700,

Semtech

Semtech provides a Network Server hosted for free (but it will be deprecated), you just need to modify global_conf.json file with this:

"server_address": "52.18.106.103",

"serv_port_up": 20000,

"serv_port_down": 20000,

Semtech also provides this server as compiled software or as source code (but it is not open) and even as a Raspberry-Pi image you can run in the same Raspberry-Pi used as gateway.