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Peering
NYC Mesh operates AS395853 Our peering Policy is Yes Please contact us to peer with our network. ...
IP Mapping Method
Over time, the terminology for the numbers assigned to buildings and members has evolved. Orig...
Mesh Glossary
Telecommunications, computing, and internetworking technologies often have an enormous amount of ...
Rules and Standards
As OSPF has some challenges in deployment outside of a datacenter environment, we will need to al...
Other Community Networks
We aren't the only name in town when it comes to community networks. Other people are building co...
Chromebook Developer Mode (Getting a terminal)
Chromebooks are good for installs as they are cheap and all you need is a browser and a terminal ...
Crimping
Here are some helpful videos on crimping. Like nearly everyone we use the T-568B standard Video ...
Ethernet Cable
You must use outdoor rated cable outside! Indoor ethernet cable will only last about 6 months out...
60 GHz Hardware
60 GHz is an unlicensed band that now has some cheap gigabit point to point (p2p) antennas that w...
DIY Install Overview
For a DIY ("do it yourself") install we recommend joining our Slack group where you can chat with...
Ubiquiti NanoStation Nsm5-Flash Notes
We have been moving towards MikroTik OmniTik as our mesh device. Before using a NanoStation, you ...
Ubiquiti Unifi-Ap
We are using more UNIFI access points on installs these days. These devices are very frustrating ...
Ubiquiti Nanostation M5
The NanoStation M5 is a workhorse of mesh networks. There are two versions XM (pre 2016) and XW. ...
MikroTik Specifics
Mikrotik routers have a few interesting things to note in order to understand and use them well. ...
MikroTik PowerBox Pro
The PowerBox Pro is an outdoor five gigabit ethernet port router with PoE output on four ports. S...
MikroTik NetPower 15FR
The NetPower 15FR is an outdoor 16 ethernet ports switch with PoE output on one port. Since the d...
Ubiquiti EdgePoint R6
The EP-R6 is an outdoor rooftop switch/router with 6 ports (5 GigE, 1 SFP). It supports PoE, but ...
Ubiquiti LTU
Ubiquiti has a new "technology" which is the successor to AirMax , called LTU. (more about AirMax...
Ubiquiti Firmware
Ubiquiti firmware has some buggy versions that need to be avoided. In general never use a ".0" re...
Juniper Quick Start Guide (Mikrotik vs Juniper)
This guide is intended to be a quick start guide to working with Juniper routers. It is intended ...