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DIY Install Overview

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides

For a DIY ("do it yourself") install we recommend joining our Slack group where you can chat with...

Updated 3 months ago by James

Ubiquiti NanoStation Nsm5-Flash Notes

3 - Hardware & Firmware Ubiquiti

We have been moving towards MikroTik OmniTik as our mesh device. Before using a NanoStation, you ...

Updated 3 months ago by Lydon Thorpe

Ubiquiti Unifi-Ap

3 - Hardware & Firmware Ubiquiti

We are using more UNIFI access points on installs these days. These devices are very frustrating ...

Updated 3 months ago by Andy

Mikrotik SXTsq 5 ac

3 - Hardware & Firmware Mikrotik

The SXTsq 5 ac is a small client access antenna that is 802.11 standards compliant antenna (and a...

Updated 3 months ago by James

Ubiquiti Nanostation M5

3 - Hardware & Firmware Ubiquiti

The NanoStation M5 is a workhorse of mesh networks. There are two versions XM (pre 2016) and XW. ...

Updated 3 months ago by James

MikroTik Specifics

3 - Hardware & Firmware Mikrotik

Mikrotik routers have a few interesting things to note in order to understand and use them well. ...

Updated 3 months ago by Andy

MikroTik PowerBox Pro

3 - Hardware & Firmware Mikrotik

The PowerBox Pro is an outdoor five gigabit ethernet port router with PoE output on four ports. S...

Updated 3 months ago by Andy

MikroTik NetPower 15FR

3 - Hardware & Firmware Mikrotik

The NetPower 15FR is an outdoor 16 ethernet ports switch with PoE output on one port. Since the d...

Updated 3 months ago by Lydon Thorpe

Ubiquiti LiteAP Sector

3 - Hardware & Firmware Ubiquiti

The confusingly named LiteAP (LAP-120) is a very good, cheap 120' sector antenna. 120' means you ...

Updated 3 months ago by Andy

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 Daniel Heredia

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 Lydon Thorpe

Ubiquiti Firmware

3 - Hardware & Firmware Firmware

Ubiquiti firmware has some buggy versions that need to be avoided. In general never use a ".0" re...

Updated 3 months ago by Lydon Thorpe

Juniper Quick Start Guide (Mikrotik vs Juniper)

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides

This guide is intended to be a quick start guide to working with Juniper routers. It is intended ...

Updated 3 months ago by Daniel Heredia

Link NYC Kiosk (Kiosk Node)

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides

There are currently ongoing discussions with LinkNYC with the goal of having a deeper and more pe...

Updated 3 months ago by Lydon Thorpe

Network Number

5 - Networking

The network number assignment tool has been removed from this page as it didn't work. Please see ...

Updated 3 months ago by Lydon Thorpe

Surveys

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides Install Planning and Surveys

title: "Site surveys" Site surveys for large buildings help us determine if wireless connection ...

Updated 3 months ago by Willard Nilges

Taking Panorama Photos

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides Install Planning and Surveys

A direct line of sight to a Supernode or hub node is required to connect to NYC Mesh. To help t...

Updated 3 months ago by Lydon Thorpe

Omni PoE Diagram

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides

Updated 3 months ago by James

Siklu Alignment

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides

Alignment Process Under Construction Link Budget Calculator The Siklu Link Budget Calculator p...

Updated 3 months ago by Marg Suarez

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 ...

Updated 3 months ago by Lydon Thorpe