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Installing the Equipment (Install Guide - Part 2)

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides NYC Mesh Install Step-By-Step Guide

Now that you're on site for the install, it's time to install the equipment. If you're reading th...

Updated 19 hours ago by Matthew Boyd

WiFi Speed - How much bandwidth do I actually need?

1 - Introduction

Your Internet and WiFi Speeds How much speed do you need? Several factors can affect your inter...

Updated 2 days ago by Olivier

Ubiquiti LiteBeam AC (LBE-5AC-Gen2)

3 - Hardware & Firmware Ubiquiti

The LiteBeamAC is a very good, cheap directional wireless antenna. We use it for rooftop installs...

Updated 3 days ago by Lydon Thorpe

Aligning a LiteBeam

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides

Here are instructions for aligning your LightBeam after you have mounted the LiteBeam (LBE) secur...

Updated 3 days ago by Lydon Thorpe

Config Table of Contents

3 - Hardware & Firmware

List of devices we use and links to standard configs and firmware. Serves as a table of contents ...

Updated 3 days ago by Lydon Thorpe

Typical Installs

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides

Please read our FAQ if you haven't already. The intention of this page is not to be technical bu...

Updated 4 days ago by Lydon Thorpe

DIY Install Overview

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides

Step 1: Join the slack For a DIY ("do it yourself") install we recommend joining our Slack group...

Updated 4 days ago by Lydon Thorpe

How to bulk create installs for large buildings

6 - Services & Software MeshDB

These instructions detail how to provision many Install requests at once. Usually this is done at...

Updated 1 week ago by Brian Hall

Outreach Materials

4 - Organization & Mission

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

Updated 2 weeks ago by Lydon Thorpe

Ubiquiti Unifi-Ap

3 - Hardware & Firmware Ubiquiti

Ubiquiti Unifi Access Points are used in a variety of buildings for both management WiFi and apar...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Lydon Thorpe

Ubiquiti Unifi AP Adoption Guide

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides

Introduction (Why we need to do this) Ubiquiti WiFi access points need a controller (Unifi) to b...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Lydon Thorpe

Project Ideas

6 - Services & Software

This is a gathering place for ideas that folks have for "new" software projects. There is always ...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Olivier

60 GHz Hardware

3 - Hardware & Firmware

60 GHz is an unlicensed band that now has some cheap gigabit point to point (p2p) antennas that w...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Marg Suarez

VPN - WireGuard

5 - Networking Virtual Private Network (VPN)

WireGuard is a new, simple, and fast VPN implementation and protocol. For comparison, the older L...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Matthew Boyd

WireGuard VPN Setup Guide

5 - Networking Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Originally written by JohnB in 2024-09 This is an attempt to document the setup process and th...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Matthew Boyd

VPN - L2TP/IPsec

5 - Networking Virtual Private Network (VPN)

L2TP/IPSec is a common general-purpose VPN protocol that work with most platforms. For example, c...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Olivier

L2tp VPN Request Proceedure

5 - Networking Virtual Private Network (VPN)

NYC Mesh maintains some common VPN infrastructure for use by active mesh members. Please feel fr...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Olivier

How to resolve UISP Link Import Issues

6 - Services & Software MeshDB

Sometimes MeshDB is unable to automatically convert links in UISP into the appropriate MeshDB Lin...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Andrew Dickinson

Recording the Invoice of an Organization for Install Fees

6 - Services & Software MeshDB

For some installs, another organization is responsible for paying install fees, rather than the r...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Andrew Dickinson

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 johnb