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10 Gigabit

5 - Networking

This is adapted from the help page of a Bay Area ISP, Sonic.   Expected Speeds on Sonic 10 Giga...

Updated 8 months ago by johnb

NYC Mesh OSPF Routing Methodology

5 - Networking OSPF

This guide gives an overview of the OSPF methodology and topology currently deployed at NYC Mesh....

Updated 8 months ago by Matthew Boyd

Mesh Design Proposal

5 - Networking

NYC Mesh is designed and run as a mesh network. As a mesh, various nodes connect to each other in...

Updated 8 months ago by Lydon Thorpe

OSPF Configuration Guide

5 - Networking OSPF

This guide contains in-depth parameters on Layer 2 and 3 configurations. This guide is not mean...

Updated 8 months ago by Matthew Boyd

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 8 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 8 months ago by Matthew Boyd

Peering

5 - Networking

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

Updated 8 months ago by James

IP Mapping Method

5 - Networking

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

Updated 8 months ago by Olivier

Mesh Glossary

1 - Introduction

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

Updated 8 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 9 months ago by Matthew Boyd

Ethernet Cable

3 - Hardware & Firmware

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

Updated 9 months ago by Lydon Thorpe

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 9 months ago by Lydon Thorpe

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 9 months ago by James

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 months ago by Lydon Thorpe

Omni PoE Diagram

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides

Updated 9 months ago by James

Siklu Alignment

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides

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

Updated 9 months ago by Marg Suarez

Fiber to the Apartment

2 - Install & Maintenance Guides Fiber Optics

The first step is to screw the ONT into the wall in a convenient place using drywall achors. The ...

Updated 9 months ago by Andy