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This page works best in incognito/private window mode! This is for installers to query our install spreadsheet. This is password protected. If you have trouble running this script, try using an incognito (private) window in your browser This uses simple matchi...

Growing the mesh is important, but so is staying safe to install more nodes. These are general safety guidelines intended to address more common hazards on an install, but keep an eye out for risks even if they are not covered here. What to Bring to Site In ...

Site surveys Site surveys for large buildings help us determine if wireless connection is possible and how we will run cable to apartments. Take photos at each step as you go through the building. Mounting points on roof Identify the best mounting points on th...

Our network is constantly evolving. Things change as technology improves, people come and go, volunteer-run services are added or abandoned, and challenges are faced and overcome. While we strive to document as much as possible as thoroughly as possible, somet...

We’re so glad you want to join NYC Mesh! Here’s how to get started:  Read our FAQ. The Frequently Asked Questions list contains information about our community-owned network: how NYC Mesh operates, our policies, our donation-based pricing model, the equipme...

Please read our FAQ if you haven't already. The intention of this page is not to be technical but rather give to the non-technical person an understanding of a typical installation. General Mesh Network Layout: The NYC Mesh network is a hybrid "over the air" ...

The 10-69 network is used to connect nodes on NYC Mesh. Every mesh router at every node on the mesh gets an IP address from 10.69.0.0/16. Each router's IP address can be computed from the router's node number. The 10-69 network supports up to two routers per n...

NYC Mesh is a mesh network.To understand a bit more about our Mesh network design concepts, please see Mesh Design For more information on our networking concepts at a high level, please see: Mesh Design Supernode Architecture We use the following rout...

The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is an inter-Autonomous System routing protocol. NYC Mesh no longer uses BGP within the mesh between neighbors / members. Use of BGP within the mesh was too static for the changing network, lacked some "automatic" properties, ...

We have presented a few classes on network concepts and training. Here is a list of slides and videos we have made for reference. Networking 101 version 1, by Zach Giles, Early 2017 Slides Networking 101 version 2, by Zach Giles, December 2018 Slides...

DNS Infrastructure NYCMesh maintains an internal DNS with the "fake" top-level domain (TLD) of .mesh ( dot mesh ).Through this, services can be hosted, internal sites, etc.Use 10.10.10.10 for your DNS server. DNS configuration The DNS is hosted using standa...

Hubs are nodes that provide connectivity for other surrounding nodes in the NYC Mesh network. The definition of "what is a hub" is very loose, as with our mesh architecture, almost any node in the network can be a hub.Hubs are generally created organically, w...

Over time, the terminology for the numbers assigned to buildings and members has evolved.   Originally a person registering  was issued automatically a “Node Number”. The Node Number was then used to assign an IP address range via an algorithm to the set of d...

NYC Mesh is designed and run as a mesh network. As a mesh, various nodes connect to each other in a non-hierarchical way, with traffic flowing in either direction, and rerouting traffic as nodes fail. As with all mesh networks, we must balance between becomin...

NTP Infrastructure History: Over the years it has been evolving, changing. We used to use outside NTP servers,  from the WWW , then one, and later a second member provided NTP. One via a Stratum-1 server (Antenna getting PPS (Pulse-Per-Second) via two u-blox ...

NYC Mesh operates AS395853 Our peering Policy is Yes Please contact us to peer with our network. Note this this is our Public ASN, not the Mesh Network itself.This community-run public network supplies NYC Mesh with net-neutral internet connectivity to supp...

Goals of this documents Supernode routing / goals Supernode sample architectures Plan to get us to this architecture Supernode routing / goals "If you can get to a supernode, you can get to the rest of the mesh ( and the internet )." A supernode should be t...

The NYC Mesh Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a system that enables a computer that is physically disconnected from the rest of the NYC Mesh network (e.g., because it is too distant from existing nodes) to access the network. Put another way, it extends the NY...