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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 ...
Safety
Growing the mesh is important, but so is staying safe to install more nodes. These are general sa...
Query
This page works best in incognito/private window mode! This is for installers to query our instal...
Common Issues and How to Avoid Them
Alignment and wind We've had many antennas lose alignment in the wind. There's a few simple thin...
Link NYC Kiosk (Kiosk Node)
There are currently ongoing discussions with LinkNYC with the goal of having a deeper and more pe...
Etiquette
As a volunteer installer, you are the public face of NYC Mesh! Courtesy, respect, friendliness an...
Install Tools and Equipment
To connect to NYC Mesh, you will need to install wireless networking equipment on a rooftop or ou...
Crimping
Here are some helpful videos on crimping. Like nearly everyone we use the T-568B standard Video ...
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 ...
MikroTik Netinstall Recovery
How to resurrect a bootlooping OmniTIK with netinstall Symptoms OmniTIK boots up but continuall...
DIY Install Overview
For a DIY ("do it yourself") install we recommend joining our Slack group where you can chat with...
Typical Install Diagrams
The purpose of these diagrams are to give a technical overview of the routing of a typical mesh n...
Software services list
Incomplete list - add your service! Name Purpose Link Active? Maintained by Suppo...
10-69-Net-Network
The 10-69 network is used to connect nodes on NYC Mesh. Every mesh router at every node on the me...
VPN - L2TP/IPsec
L2TP/IPSec is a common general-purpose VPN protocol that work with most platforms. For example, c...
WireGuard VPN Setup Guide
Originally written by JohnB in 2024-09 This is an attempt to document the setup process and th...
Join Records
View join records that need to be replayed from the past week https://db.nycmesh.net/join-record...
MikroTik OmniTik 5 POE AC
The Omnitik 5ac is an outdoor switch/router with a built-in 5Ghz 802.11ac access point, omnidirec...
Mikrotik SXTsq 5 ac
The SXTsq 5 ac is a small client access antenna that is 802.11 standards compliant antenna (and a...
DNS - Beta
This page includes descriptions of configurations that can be made after the DNS servers at SN1 a...