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Alerting and monitoring system

6 - Services & Software

Work in progress Existing systems Within NYC Mesh only  UISP:  https://10.70.76.21/nms/login...

Updated 2 months ago by Olivier

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 2 months ago by Lydon Thorpe

APC UPS Battery Backup Firmware Update Process

3 - Hardware & Firmware Firmware

    NMC2 APC9630 Network Card Firmware Update Download the .exe 7.1.6 file from APC and use ...

Updated 2 months ago by johnb

Juniper Point-to-Point Guide

5 - Networking OSPF

Note: This guide is even further in-depth than the Point-to-Point configuration guide. This is on...

Updated 2 months ago by Matthew Boyd

Supernode-Architecture

5 - Networking

Goals of this documents Supernode routing / goals Supernode sample architectures Plan to get us ...

Updated 2 months ago by Willard Nilges

Peering

5 - Networking

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

Updated 2 months ago by James

NTP

5 - Networking

NTP Infrastructure History: Over the years it has been evolving, changing. We used to use outsid...

Updated 2 months ago by Olivier

IP Mapping Method

5 - Networking

Over time, the terminology for the numbers assigned to buildings and members has evolved.   Orig...

Updated 2 months ago by Olivier

Mesh Glossary

1 - Introduction

Telecommunications, computing, and internetworking technologies often have an enormous amount of ...

Updated 2 months ago by Matthew Boyd

Rules and Standards

5 - Networking OSPF

As OSPF has some challenges in deployment outside of a datacenter environment, we will need to al...

Updated 3 months ago by Matthew Boyd

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 3 months ago by Andrew Dickinson

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 months ago by johnb

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 months ago by Olivier

Volunteer Slack Channels

1 - Introduction

A list of possible volunteer roles is available on the website volunteer page. Our Slack has a n...

Updated 3 months ago by Lydon Thorpe

Chromebook Developer Mode (Getting a terminal)

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides

Chromebooks are good for installs as they are cheap and all you need is a browser and a terminal ...

Updated 3 months ago by Lydon Thorpe

Crimping

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides

Here are some helpful videos on crimping. Like nearly everyone we use the T-568B standard Video ...

Updated 3 months ago by Andy

Ethernet Cable

3 - Hardware & Firmware

You must use outdoor rated cable outside! Indoor ethernet cable will only last about 6 months out...

Updated 3 months ago by Lydon Thorpe

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 months ago by Lydon Thorpe

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 3 months ago by James

Ubiquiti LiteBeam AC

3 - Hardware & Firmware Ubiquiti

The LiteBeamAC is a very good, cheap directional router. We use it for most rooftop installs. As ...

Updated 3 months ago by James