3 - Hardware & Firmware
Network hardware/firmware used across the Mesh
Config Table of Contents
List of devices we use and links to standard configs and firmware. Serves as a table of contents ...
Mikrotik
Made by our favourite Latvian friends
MikroTik NetPower 15FR
The NetPower 15FR is an outdoor 16 ethernet ports switch with PoE output on one port. Since the d...
MikroTik OmniTik 5 POE AC
The Omnitik 5ac is an outdoor switch/router with a built-in 5Ghz 802.11ac access point, omnidirec...
MikroTik PowerBox Pro
The PowerBox Pro is an outdoor five gigabit ethernet port router with PoE output on four ports. S...
MikroTik Specifics
Mikrotik routers have a few interesting things to note in order to understand and use them well. ...
Mikrotik SXTsq 5 ac
The SXTsq 5 ac is a small client access antenna that is 802.11 standards compliant antenna (and a...
Ubiquiti
It's the Apple of networking equipment
Ubiquiti NanoStation Nsm5-Flash Notes
We have been moving towards MikroTik OmniTik as our mesh device. Before using a NanoStation, you ...
Ubiquiti EdgePoint R6
The EP-R6 is an outdoor rooftop switch/router with 6 ports (5 GigE, 1 SFP). It supports PoE, but ...
Ubiquiti LiteAP Sector
The confusingly named LiteAP (LAP-120) is a very good, cheap 120' sector antenna. 120' means you ...
Ubiquiti LiteBeam AC
The LiteBeamAC is a very good, cheap directional router. We use it for most rooftop installs. As ...
Ubiquiti LTU
Ubiquiti has a new "technology" which is the successor to AirMax , called LTU. (more about AirMax...
Ubiquiti Nanostation M5
The NanoStation M5 is a workhorse of mesh networks. There are two versions XM (pre 2016) and XW. ...
Ubiquiti Unifi-Ap
We are using more UNIFI access points on installs these days. These devices are very frustrating ...
Firmware
Custom Firmware (old)
Old firmware Repositories Old firmware build instructions are in our nycmeshfeed repo's README f...
MikroTik Firmware
MikroTik RouterOS v6 firmware is generally stable. We are currently using 6.49.11 (some run 6.49....
Ubiquiti Firmware
Ubiquiti firmware has some buggy versions that need to be avoided. In general never use a ".0" re...
Ethernet Cable
You must use outdoor rated cable outside! Indoor ethernet cable will only last about 6 months out...
TP-Link Indoor Router
Some Archer A6/7 models have a function that disables the WiFi if the WPS button on the back of t...
60 GHz Hardware
60 GHz is an unlicensed band that now has some cheap gigabit point to point (p2p) antennas that w...