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Frequently Asked Questions

1 - Introduction

-About NYC Mesh- Why is NYC Mesh building a community network? Below are just a few of the re...

Updated 5 days ago by Lydon Thorpe

Hubs

5 - Networking

Hubs provide connectivity for many nodes in a neighborhood. They come in three different sizes: m...

Updated 6 days ago by Matthew Boyd

Overview

5 - Networking

NYC Mesh is a mesh network.To understand a bit more about our Mesh network design concepts, pleas...

Updated 6 days ago by Matthew Boyd

MikroTik OmniTik 5 POE AC

3 - Hardware & Firmware Mikrotik

The Omnitik 5ac is an outdoor switch/router with a built-in 5Ghz 802.11ac access point, omnidirec...

Updated 6 days ago by Matthew Boyd

Status Page

6 - Services & Software

https://status.nycmesh.net is a status page for the mesh. Ask to be added to #status-page to crea...

Updated 1 week ago by Willard Nilges

Millimeter Wave Registration

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides Siklu Installation

Background The FCC defines Millimeter Wave radios as those that transmit on frequencies between ...

Updated 1 week ago by Daniel Heredia

Siklu Alignment

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides Siklu Installation

Alignment Process Under Construction Link Budget Calculator The Siklu Link Budget Calculator p...

Updated 1 week ago by Marg Suarez

Peering

5 - Networking

NYC Mesh operates AS395853 Our peering Policy is Yes Please contact us to peer with our network...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Brian Hall

Other Community Networks

1 - Introduction

We aren't the only name in town when it comes to community networks. Other people are building co...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Lydon Thorpe

Runbook: Manually Editing Terraform State

6 - Services & Software Terraform

Sometimes, you might need to do some surgery on our terraform scripts. This can happen when a pro...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Willard Nilges

Kubernetes Clusters

6 - Services & Software Kubernetes

This page is a draft We have several Kubernetes clusters at the Mesh: dev3 (SN3) VM: meshd...

Updated 4 weeks ago by Daniel Heredia

New Install Notifier Slack App

6 - Services & Software

"New Install Notifier is a Slack Bolt app that connects to NYC Mesh's MeshDB via webhook and au...

Updated 1 month ago by Lydon Thorpe

Member Connection Troubleshooting Guide

1 - Introduction

Introduction: This guide is intended to help mesh members troubleshoot their own NYC Mesh connec...

Updated 1 month ago by Lydon Thorpe

NYC Mesh Merch

4 - Organization & Mission

This page is still under development. Photos and items will be available soon! NYC Mesh has a nu...

Updated 1 month ago by Lydon Thorpe

Outreach Materials

4 - Organization & Mission Outreach Materials

When making / editing outreach materials, keep in mind the guidelines listed on the Outreach Mate...

Updated 1 month ago by Lydon Thorpe

Juniper DHCP Pool, LAG/LACP/AE/Bond, VLAN

5 - Networking

165 Broome single-port network switch config with new DHCP Pool test change Done by JohnB on 202...

Updated 1 month ago by johnb

MikroTik Firmware

3 - Hardware & Firmware Firmware

MikroTik RouterOS v6 firmware is generally stable. We are currently using 6.49.19 Do not use ver...

Updated 2 months ago by Olivier

Ubiquiti Nanosation 5 AC Loco

3 - Hardware & Firmware Ubiquiti

The Loco 5 AC is a new antenna that we are trying for short Point to Point (PtP) link. Purchas...

Updated 2 months ago by Lydon Thorpe

Olmsted Installer Guide

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides

Written by JohnB in 2025-03 to aid other installers with connecting members in the Olmsted buildi...

Updated 2 months ago by johnb

MeshDB Status Values

6 - Services & Software MeshDB

This page lists all the possible values for the status field on each MeshDB database object. For ...

Updated 2 months ago by Marg Suarez