Gateway advertisement in a wireless mesh

A computing device configured to assign a network address to the computing device, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to:
• join a mesh network as a first node of the mesh network;
• select the network address for the computing device, wherein the network address includes an internet protocol (IP) address prefix and an IP address suffix;
• assign the selected network address to the computing device;
• verify that the assigned network address is unique among each node connected to the mesh network;
• responsive to a network address conflict with a second node of the mesh network, determine whether to perform or suppress conflict resolution at the first node so that only a single node in the mesh network attempts to select a new unique network address and the first and second nodes do not simultaneously attempt to select a new unique network address;
• and
• use the assigned network address to communicate network packets with other nodes in the mesh network if the network address is verified as unique.

One or more hardware-based computer-readable memory devices storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors disposed in a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• join a mesh network;
• select a network address for the computing device, wherein the network address includes an internet protocol (IP) address prefix and an IP address suffix;
• assign the selected network address to the computing device;
• verify that the assigned network address is unique among each node connected to the mesh network;
• and
• use the assigned network address to communicate network packets with other nodes in the mesh network if the network address is verified as unique, in which verifying whether the network address is unique includes detecting whether a conflict exists between the network address and other network addresses respectively assigned to other nodes operating in the mesh network.