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Step 1 - Confirming Connections and Power: First of all, we need to make sure all the indoor devices of your mesh install are connected properly. Most installs have the standard equipment shown here but not every building is the same. If your equipment looks...

Old firmware Repositories Old firmware build instructions are in our nycmeshfeed repo's README file. lime-sdk nycmeshfeed network-profiles

MikroTik RouterOS v6 firmware is generally stable. We are currently using 6.49.13 (some run 6.49.17) Do not use version 6.49.6 or older (known security vulnerabilities)RouterOS 7 v7.12 or newer will generally work on the Mesh, but is not broadly deployed and ...

How to resurrect a bootlooping OmniTIK with netinstall Symptoms OmniTIK boots up but continually reboots. The LEDs repeat the pattern: device boots up, power eventually turns blue, then 1-5 turn orange and reboots. Rinse and repeat. Solution Use netinstall...

Ubiquiti firmware has some buggy versions that need to be avoided. In general never use a ".0" release. It is beta quality and will probably have serious bugs that may be fixed by .1 or .2 version. Ubiquiti have two very separate product lines with different ...

Telecommunications, computing, and internetworking technologies often have an enormous amount of jargon associated with them. This jargon makes it possible to speak precisely and quickly to others who are in-the-know, but can also drastically increase the lear...

60 GHz is an unlicensed band that now has some cheap gigabit point to point (p2p) antennas that we are using. 60 GHz is extremely susceptible to "rain-fade", which is why it is not used in licensed spectrum. Rain Fade is caused by water in the atmosphere whic...

Ubiquiti has a new "technology" which is the successor to AirMax , called LTU. (more about AirMax )We have been experimenting with LTU, as we received a gracious donation of 18 LTU-LR CPEs and wanted to put them to use. We have found that LTU generally perform...

Chromebooks are good for installs as they are cheap and all you need is a browser and a terminal anyway. To get a standard terminal you have to put the Chromebook in developer mode:  This will erase your login info and any local data! Turn the Chromeboo...

List of devices we use and links to standard configs and firmware. Serves as a table of contents to easily find config pages. Important: Note that we use a Network Number (or NN) from now on to configure devices. The Network Number is different from the Insta...

The EP-R6 is an outdoor rooftop switch/router with 6 ports (5 GigE, 1 SFP). It supports PoE, but only Ubiquiti's 24v Passive PoE style, not any of the fancier types. It can be configured in switch mode (just a switch, with a management console) or routing mod...

You must use outdoor rated cable outside! Indoor ethernet cable will only last about 6 months outside due to UV damage. We mostly use Ubiquiti ToughCable Pro CAT5. Crimping: There is one commonly used standard for crimping ethernet: T-568B. (oO-gB-bG-brBR) ...

The confusingly named LiteAP (LAP-120) is a very good, cheap 120' sector antenna. 120' means you need three to get a full 360'. It used to be called a LiteBeam 5AC AP LBE-5AC-16-120, and is still named that on parts of their website. We use it as a sector ant...

The LiteBeamAC is a very good, cheap directional wireless antenna. We use it for rooftop installs to connect to a sector antenna at another hub or supernode.  Scroll down for configuration instructions. The AC in the name is not 802.11ac, it is Ubiquiti's own...

The NetPower 15FR is an outdoor 16 ethernet ports switch with PoE output on one port. Since the device has a waterproof outdoor case, you can mount it on a tower, or in other outdoor locations. It supports passive PoE input on 15 ports and passive PoE output ...

The Omnitik 5ac is an outdoor switch/router with a built-in 5Ghz 802.11ac access point, omnidirectional antenna, and 5 gigabit ethernet ports. Be sure to get the POE version. The OmniTik serves as a central rooftop router with several purposes: As a switch...

The PowerBox Pro is an outdoor five gigabit ethernet port router with PoE output on four ports. Since the device has a waterproof outdoor case, you can mount it on a tower, or in other outdoor locations. It also supports passive PoE input and passive or 802.3...

Mikrotik routers have a few interesting things to note in order to understand and use them well. This page documents those interesting pieces and might help clarify some things. This page will be referenced by other pages and should be Mikrotik general. Devic...

The NanoStation M5 is a workhorse of mesh networks. There are two versions XM (pre 2016) and XW. It is 802.11n and 10/100 ethernet, so not the fastest on the block, but it has good support from OpenWRT. It also has two ethernet ports usually set up as WAN and ...

The SXTsq 5 ac is a small client access antenna that is 802.11 standards compliant antenna (and also nstream mikrotik if available).The device was released in early 2018 and is capable of gigabit-level speeds with 80Mhz wide 802.11ac wifi connections. Please ...