About the network
Arbor Row covers about 43 blocks of Indianapolis’s far south side, mostly bungalows and two-flats. The network was built by the tenants’ association after the only provider in the area was fined for advertising speeds it never delivered.
Schematic
Hover over or tap a node for its details, and click or tap again to open it. With a keyboard, move to the schematic and use the arrow keys.
Uptime
99.94% uptime over the last 90 days, with 1 day of degraded service or maintenance.
Governance
- Owned by
- Arbor Row Community Net
- Legal home
- Tenants’ association, incorporated as a nonprofit
- Members
- 1,282 households, one vote each
- Monthly assembly
- Third Thursday of each month, 7:00 pm, at the masjid’s community room
- Annual assembly
- Every December
- Maintenance fund
- $3 a month per household, suggested. No household is disconnected for not paying.
Stewards
Elected by the members. Listed by first name and initial.
- Trina I.Network steward · since 2024
- Wei Y.Treasurer · since 2025
- Priya Y.Membership steward · since 2022
- Raymond L.Training steward · since 2025
Backhaul
Links that carry the network’s traffic to the wider internet.
| Link | Medium | Capacity | Far end | Peak use yesterday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT-54-BH1 | Fiber | 10 Gbps | Indianapolis internet exchange | 15% |
| LT-54-BH2 | Licensed microwave, 11 GHz | 2 Gbps | Tower site, Indianapolis | 22% |
| LT-54-BH3 | Fiber, donated by the library system | 1 Gbps | Public library network | 22% |
Maintenance log
Firmware 4.6.2 rollout. Staged firmware rollout to every node, one hub’s area at a time. Each node restarted once.
Upstream outage. The network’s transit provider had an outage of its own. The mesh itself stayed up, and local services kept working.
Expansion: four new nodes in 2026, mostly in grids B2, B3 and E3.
Hardware refresh: 21 nodes upgraded to Stoop R6 over the year.
Annual assembly: 58 members attended and elected four stewards.
Steward training on monitoring and fault-finding: 14 attended.
Grounding on N-2755 redone after an inspection found a corroded lug.
Expansion: five new nodes in 2025, mostly in grids A3, B4 and C5.
N-2531 replaced under warranty after its radio stopped associating.
Spare parts inventory counted and restocked.
Hardware build night: 10 Stoop nodes assembled from parts.
Cable to N-2506 replaced; squirrels again.
Expansion: five new nodes in 2024, mostly in grids A1, A5 and B1.
Expansion: six new nodes in 2023, mostly in grids A3, A5 and B2.
Storm damage: 9 dishes realigned and one mast replaced.
New hub on the recreation center roof: N-2755.
New hub on the church steeple: N-2609.
Expansion: seven new nodes in 2022, mostly in grids A4, D4 and D5.
Network switched on: 34 nodes installed by 146 volunteers over a weekend.
Founding assembly: the Arbor Row Community Net adopts its charter and elects four stewards.