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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 1 month 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 month ago by Brian Hall

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 months 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 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago by johnb

Planning the Install (Install Guide - Part 1)

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

This guide follows the full path of an install, from when the member submits panoramas and we hav...

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

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 3 months ago by Lydon Thorpe

Ubiquiti LTU

3 - Hardware & Firmware Ubiquiti

Ubiquiti has a new "technology" which is the successor to AirMax , called LTU. (more about AirMax...

Updated 3 months ago by James

Ubiquiti EdgePoint R6

3 - Hardware & Firmware Ubiquiti

The EP-R6 is an outdoor rooftop switch/router with 6 ports (5 GigE, 1 SFP). It supports PoE, but ...

Updated 3 months ago by James

Connection Troubleshooting

6 - Services & Software

This guide is intended for older hardware with custom mesh software that we no longer use. It is ...

Updated 3 months ago by James

Overview

6 - Services & Software

This page intends to list the services "hosted" on NYC Mesh and available directly to NYC Mesh me...

Updated 3 months ago by James