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Install Tools and Equipment

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides

To connect to NYC Mesh, you will need to install wireless networking equipment on a rooftop or ou...

Updated 1 week ago by Lydon Thorpe

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 the ...

Updated 1 week ago by johnb

Wiki (Bookstack)

6 - Services & Software

Bookstack is a user friendly Wiki software which the NYC Mesh Wiki is built on. This wiki is dep...

Updated 2 weeks ago by James

The Radio (eNodeB/eNB)

5 - Networking LTE/CBRS

Equipment Used Baicells Nova 233 (datasheet) Paired antenna: Alpha Wireless AW-3014-T4 (dat...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Daniel Heredia

The Controller (Evolved Packet Core/EPC)

5 - Networking LTE/CBRS

What is Open5GS and why it is needed? From GitHub:Open5GS is a C-language Open Source implementa...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Daniel Heredia

High-Level References

5 - Networking LTE/CBRS

Resources from SCN lte-background - Google Slides Discusses various software components tha...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Daniel Heredia

Ubiquiti Unifi AP Adoption Guide (WORK IN PROGRESS)

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 Matthew Boyd

DNS - Beta

5 - Networking

This page describes systems which have not yet been deployed to production (SN 1{0,1}) and config...

Updated 3 weeks ago by James

Outreach Materials

4 - Organization & Mission

Mesh Guide: Mesh Guide given to new members and for general mesh info.(Paper copies are availabl...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Lydon Thorpe

Panoramas

6 - Services & Software MeshDB

The way that panoramas currently work in MeshDB sucks. They are uploaded to a github repo (https:...

Updated 3 weeks ago by Willard Nilges

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

5 - Networking

165 Broome single-port network switch config with new DHCP Pool Done by JohnB on 2024/07/20 Port...

Updated 3 weeks ago by johnb

Organization Domains

4 - Organization & Mission

NYC Mesh uses various domains for network operation and to provide content about NYC mesh to the ...

Updated 3 weeks ago by James

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 weeks ago by Lydon Thorpe

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 weeks ago by Lydon Thorpe

Hubs

5 - Networking

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

Updated 3 weeks ago by James

EdgeRouter EdgePoint Bootloader Firmware Update

3 - Hardware & Firmware Ubiquiti

Written by JohnB, 2024-10 Updating EdgePoint R6 units from v2.0.9-hotfix7 to v3.0.0-rc9 Updatin...

Updated 4 weeks ago by johnb

MeshDB Schema Design

6 - Services & Software MeshDB

(updated September 2024 based on schema changes) Background MeshDB is an software application...

Updated 1 month ago by Andrew Dickinson

How to Import/Export CSV files of MeshDB data

6 - Services & Software MeshDB

The data in MeshDB is best viewed using the tooling available at db.nycmesh.net: Admin Panel: ...

Updated 1 month ago by Andrew Dickinson

How to View the Edit History for an Object in MeshDB

6 - Services & Software MeshDB

MeshDB tracks the changes to all objects from all actors. Any change via the admin panel, API, or...

Updated 1 month ago by Andrew Dickinson

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 1 month ago by Olivier