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=== Previous Nodes ===
  
=== Previous Nodes ===
   
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:* '''KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-NSM5 - REMOVED March 2023'''Radio: Ubiquiti NanoStation M5 Antenna: 15 dBi (built-in)
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:* '''KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-NSM5 - REMOVED March 2023'''<br>
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::Radio: Ubiquiti NanoStation M5<br>
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:* '''KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-SectorTi - REMOVED March 2023'''Radio: Ubiquiti Rocket M5 Titanium GPS (radio disabled) Antenna: Shielded, Adjustable Sector (Ubiquiti AM-M-V5G-Ti)
  
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::Antenna: 15 dBi (built-in)
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:*'''KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-SectorTi - REMOVED March 2023'''<br>
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::Radio: Ubiquiti Rocket M5 Titanium GPS (radio disabled)<br>
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::Antenna: Shielded, Adjustable Sector (Ubiquiti AM-M-V5G-Ti)
   
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===Other Devices===
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===Other Devices===
   
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:* '''Ubiquiti G3 Flex Camera '''This camera is mounted on the antenna pipe, facing approximately west-southwest towards downtown Oakland.
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:*'''Ubiquiti G3 Flex Camera '''<br>
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::This camera is mounted on the antenna pipe, facing approximately west-southwest towards downtown Oakland.
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:* '''Ubiquiti NanoSwitch '''There is a NanoSwitch on the antenna pipe, which brings in the Ethernet with 24v PoE and distributes it to the Sector, PowerBeam and Camera. We plan to replace this with an EdgePoint R6 in the future.
  
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:*'''Ubiquiti NanoSwitch '''<br>
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:* '''MikroTik Wireless Wire '''This small 60 GHz radio is mounted on the secondary (metal) antenna pole behind the repeater container, and points at an identical device at the FishRanch site (KPFA tower), to provide a backbone link between the sites.
  
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::There is a NanoSwitch on the antenna pipe, which brings in the Ethernet with 24v PoE and distributes it to the Sector, PowerBeam and Camera. We plan to replace this with an EdgePoint R6 in the future.
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:* '''Ubiquiti EdgePower 54v 72w '''This device in the indoor rack is both the primary power supply and UPS & charger for the battery backup.
  
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:*'''MikroTik Wireless Wire '''<br>
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:* '''Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch 8 150w '''This device in the indoor rack provides data connections and PoE power to the ethernet cables going out to the radios, as well as for some of the other devices in the rack.
  
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:: This small 60 GHz radio is mounted on the secondary (metal) antenna pole behind the repeater container, and points at an identical device at the FishRanch site (KPFA tower), to provide a backbone link between the sites.
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:* '''Ubiquiti EdgeRouterX '''This device in the indoor rack manages the available WAN networks (connections to the internet).
  
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:* '''Ubiquiti EdgePower 54v 72w'''<br>
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:* '''PolyCom IP Phone '''This is the "ORCA-Repeater-Phone", at BAM/SFWEM WIMETS extension x6722
  
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::This device in the indoor rack is both the primary power supply and UPS & charger for the battery backup.
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:* '''Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch 8 150w '''<br>
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::This device in the indoor rack provides data connections and PoE power to the ethernet cables going out to the radios, as well as for some of the other devices in the rack.
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:*'''Ubiquiti EdgeRouterX '''<br>
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::This device in the indoor rack manages the available WAN networks (connections to the internet).
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:*'''PolyCom IP Phone '''<br>
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::This is the "ORCA-Repeater-Phone", at BAM/SFWEM WIMETS extension x6722
   
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== Site Details==
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==Site Details==
 
[[File:Mesh devices old hap.jpg|thumb|alt=Mesh devices in the rack in the repeater container.|Mesh devices in the rack in the repeater container (before update to new hAP ac2). ]]
  
[[File:Mesh devices old hap.jpg|thumb|alt=Mesh devices in the rack in the repeater container.|Mesh devices in the rack in the repeater container (before update to new hAP ac2). ]]
   
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=== Backbone Connections ===
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===Backbone Connections===
 
ORCA connects to Wolfback using the ORCA-AF-to-Wolfback device, an airFiber 5XHD with 30 dBi dish.
 
ORCA connects to Wolfback using the ORCA-AF-to-Wolfback device, an airFiber 5XHD with 30 dBi dish.
   
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|Ubiquiti airFiber 5XHD & 30 dBi dish
  
|Ubiquiti airFiber 5XHD & 30 dBi dish
 
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| to [[Wolfback]]
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| to [[Wolfback]]
 
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|[https://mikrotik.com/product/wireless_wire Mikrotik Wireless Wire RBwAPG-60ad]
  
|[https://mikrotik.com/product/wireless_wire Mikrotik Wireless Wire RBwAPG-60ad]
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|[https://store.ui.com/collections/operator-edgemax-switches/products/edgeswitch-8-150w EdgeSwitch8]
  
|[https://store.ui.com/collections/operator-edgemax-switches/products/edgeswitch-8-150w EdgeSwitch8]
 
|192.168.100.21, (AREDN LAN)
  
|192.168.100.21, (AREDN LAN)
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|X.21 address is on VLAN 25
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|X.21 address is on VLAN 25
 
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|[https://store.ui.com/collections/operator-edgemax-routers/products/edgerouter-x EdgeRouterX]
  
|[https://store.ui.com/collections/operator-edgemax-routers/products/edgerouter-x EdgeRouterX]
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|[https://store.ui.com/collections/operator-accessories/products/ep-24v-72w EdgePower 24V]
  
|[https://store.ui.com/collections/operator-accessories/products/ep-24v-72w EdgePower 24V]
 
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|Not yet added to the mesh
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|Not yet added to the mesh
 
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{| class="wikitable"
  
{| class="wikitable"
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|+ VLANs
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|+VLANs
 
!VLAN
  
!VLAN
 
!Description
  
!Description
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|2
  
|2
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|AREDN DtD
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| AREDN DtD
 
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|3
  
|3
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|INET-K6MPP
  
|INET-K6MPP
 
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| 5
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|5
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|MultiWAN
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|MultiWAN
 
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|6
  
|6
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|INET-ORCA 192.168.0.1/24
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|INET-ORCA 192.168.0.1/24
 
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|12
  
|12
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!Port
  
!Port
 
!Description
  
!Description
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!VLANs
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! VLANs
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!PoE
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!PoE
 
!Notes
  
!Notes
 
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|data & power for airFiber backbone link to Wolfback
  
|data & power for airFiber backbone link to Wolfback
 
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| 2
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|2
 
|AREDN node
  
|AREDN node
 
|2, (3)
  
|2, (3)
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| 4
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|4
 
|AREDN node (unused)
  
|AREDN node (unused)
 
|2, (3)
  
|2, (3)
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|hAP DtD
  
|hAP DtD
 
|2, (3), 12
  
|2, (3), 12
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|Off
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|Off
 
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|3, 5, 25
  
|3, 5, 25
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|24V
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|24V
 
|VLAN (4) is currently excluded until failover wan is debugged
  
|VLAN (4) is currently excluded until failover wan is debugged
 
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|8
  
|8
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|SW-KPFA via Wireless Wire 60 GHz
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|SW-KPFA via Wireless Wire 60 GHz
 
|2, 4, 5, 12, 25
  
|2, 4, 5, 12, 25
 
|802.3af/at
  
|802.3af/at
 
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| 9
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|9
 
|Management
  
|Management
 
|1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, (25)
  
|1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, (25)
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{| class="wikitable"
  
{| class="wikitable"
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|+ Edge Router X
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|+Edge Router X
 
!Port
  
!Port
 
!Description
  
!Description
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|0
  
|0
 
|Switch Port 7 / INET-K6MPP
  
|Switch Port 7 / INET-K6MPP
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|3, (4), 5, 25
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|3, (4), 5, 25
 
|24v in
  
|24v in
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| Primary internet in, Multi-wan out
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|Primary internet in, Multi-wan out
 
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|1
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| 1
 
|ORCA Box Net Internet
  
|ORCA Box Net Internet
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|(6)
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|(6)
 
| -
  
| -
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|Backup internet, DHCP-in
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| Backup internet, DHCP-in
 
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|2
  
|2
 
|(unused)
  
|(unused)
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|(5)
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| (5)
 
| -
  
| -
 
|Multi-wan out
  
|Multi-wan out
 
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| 3
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|3
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|(unused)
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|(unused)
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| (5)
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|(5)
 
| -
  
| -
 
|Multi-wan out
  
|Multi-wan out
 
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| 4
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|4
 
|hAP Port 1 / WAN
  
|hAP Port 1 / WAN
 
|(5)
  
|(5)
 
|24v
  
|24v
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| Multi-wan out
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|Multi-wan out
 
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{| class="wikitable"
  
{| class="wikitable"
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|+ Edge Power 54V 72W
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|+Edge Power 54V 72W
 
!Port
  
!Port
 
!Description
  
!Description
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|hAP LAN port
  
|hAP LAN port
 
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| -
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|Off
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|Off
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|to access & manage EdgePower
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|to access & manage EdgePower
 
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|DC out
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|DC out
 
|54v DC output
  
|54v DC output
 
|n/a
  
|n/a
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|n/a
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|n/a
 
|Power ON, to EdgeSwitch
  
|Power ON, to EdgeSwitch
 
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{| class="wikitable"
  
{| class="wikitable"
 
|+Edge Router X IP Addresses
  
|+Edge Router X IP Addresses
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!VLAN
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!VLAN
 
!Notes
  
!Notes
 
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|4
  
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|DHCP Client
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| DHCP Client
   
 
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|5
  
|5
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| DHCP Server: 192.168.5.1/24
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|DHCP Server: 192.168.5.1/24
 
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|6
  
|6
 
|DHCP Client
  
|DHCP Client
 
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|25
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|Static: 192.168.100.20/24
  
|Static: 192.168.100.20/24
 
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*DONE March 2023: Add a dish similar to the Fish Ranch <-> Bruno dish and point it at [[Wolfback]]
  
*DONE March 2023: Add a dish similar to the Fish Ranch <-> Bruno dish and point it at [[Wolfback]]
   
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== Contacts==
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==Contacts==
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===Site Admin===
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===Site Admin===
 
*Chris Adams - KJ6WEG - kj6weg@arrl.net
  
*Chris Adams - KJ6WEG - kj6weg@arrl.net
   

Revision as of 16:20, 11 March 2023

ORCA Antenna pole and repeater container
ORCA repeater container and antenna pole with mesh nodes mounted half way up.

Oakland Radio Communication Association

Site located in the Oakland Hills, above the CA Route 24 Caldecott tunnel and near the KPFA transmitter tower (map, photos), at about 1500 ft elevation. This site is hosted by the Oakland Radio Communication Association (ORCA, ww6or.com), Oakland's amateur radio club and ARES/RACES group.

ORCA hosts its WB6NDJ repeaters at this site, which includes the repeater container and a wood utility pole supporting antennas. The mesh installation includes several radios about half way up the antenna pole (mounted on a 10 ft long, 2" diameter pipe), as well as a rack in the container with switches, routers and battery backup power devices.

Nodes

ORCATowardWolfbackB.jpg
ORCA Mesh Network Nodes on the antenna pole.
ORCA Mesh Network Nodes on the antenna pole.

KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-Sector-SW

  • Radio: Ubiquiti Rocket 5AC Lite
  • Antenna: 19 dBi, 120 degree sector (Ubiquiti AM-5G19-120)
  • Location: 37.86478 -122.21996
  • Altitude: 1500 ft (457m)
  • Bearing: Southwest, approximately 210 degrees
  • Installed 2023-03-08, this sector antenna points approximately southwest toward downtown Oakland and Lake Merritt, providing coverage from southern Oakland, all the way up to the visible section of Berkeley. Note that most of Emeryville and much of North Oakland are blocked by terrain.

KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-PBM5-WSW

  • Radio: Ubiquiti PowerBeam M5 400
  • Antenna: 25 dBi (built-in)
  • Location: 37.86478 -122.21996
  • Altitude: 1500 ft (457m)
  • Bearing: West-southwest, approximately 240 degrees.
  • Moved from old to new mounting pipe on 2023-03-08. Previously named: KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-PBM5.
  • This dish points WSW at San Francisco, primarily for a mesh connection from the nodes on Twin Peaks.

ORCA-AF-to-Wolfback (Backbone)

  • Radio: Ubiquiti airFiber 5XHD
  • Antenna: 30 dBi dish
  • Location: 37.86478 -122.21996
  • Altitude: 1500 ft (457m)
  • Bearing: West, approximately 265 degrees.
  • Installed 2023-03-07, this dish points approximately West across the bay, towards the Wolfback Ridge site above Sausalito in Marin County, and forms part of the backbone network.

KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-HAP2

  • Radio: Mikrotik RouterBoard hAP ac2
  • Antenna: built-in / internal
  • Location: 37.86478 -122.21996
  • Altitude: 1475 ft (450m)
  • Bearing: n/a
  • This devices is located in the repeater container, and acts as a tunnel client, Wifi Access Point, etc.
  • Installed February 2023, this was an upgrade for the previous device: KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-HAP.

Previous Nodes

  • KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-NSM5 - REMOVED March 2023
Radio: Ubiquiti NanoStation M5
Antenna: 15 dBi (built-in)
  • KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-SectorTi - REMOVED March 2023
Radio: Ubiquiti Rocket M5 Titanium GPS (radio disabled)
Antenna: Shielded, Adjustable Sector (Ubiquiti AM-M-V5G-Ti)

Other Devices

  • Ubiquiti G3 Flex Camera
This camera is mounted on the antenna pipe, facing approximately west-southwest towards downtown Oakland.
  • Ubiquiti NanoSwitch
There is a NanoSwitch on the antenna pipe, which brings in the Ethernet with 24v PoE and distributes it to the Sector, PowerBeam and Camera. We plan to replace this with an EdgePoint R6 in the future.
  • MikroTik Wireless Wire
This small 60 GHz radio is mounted on the secondary (metal) antenna pole behind the repeater container, and points at an identical device at the FishRanch site (KPFA tower), to provide a backbone link between the sites.
  • Ubiquiti EdgePower 54v 72w
This device in the indoor rack is both the primary power supply and UPS & charger for the battery backup.
  • Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch 8 150w
This device in the indoor rack provides data connections and PoE power to the ethernet cables going out to the radios, as well as for some of the other devices in the rack.
  • Ubiquiti EdgeRouterX
This device in the indoor rack manages the available WAN networks (connections to the internet).
  • PolyCom IP Phone
This is the "ORCA-Repeater-Phone", at BAM/SFWEM WIMETS extension x6722

Site Details

Mesh devices in the rack in the repeater container.
Mesh devices in the rack in the repeater container (before update to new hAP ac2).

Backbone Connections

ORCA connects to Wolfback using the ORCA-AF-to-Wolfback device, an airFiber 5XHD with 30 dBi dish.

ORCA connects to FishRanch using a pair of Mikrotik Wireless Wire RBwAPG-60ad (60GHz, 1Gbit Full Duplex), over a distance of about 375 ft (115 m).

Note that the nearby FishRanch node connects via airFiber to Mt San Bruno.

Port Configurations

ORCA currently hosts an EdgeSwitch-8-150w, and EdgePower-54v-72w and a EdgeRouterX in the racks in the repeater container. Below are the relevant port configurations and VLANs.

Devices
Device IP Notes
Ubiquiti airFiber 5XHD & 30 dBi dish to Wolfback
Mikrotik Wireless Wire RBwAPG-60ad to Fish Ranch
EdgeSwitch8 192.168.100.21, (AREDN LAN) X.21 address is on VLAN 25
EdgeRouterX 192.168.100.20, (AREDN LAN) Used to provide failover WAN
EdgePower 24V Not yet added to the mesh
VLANs
VLAN Description
1 AREDN WAN
2 AREDN DtD
3 AREDN LAN Griz
4 INET-K6MPP
5 MultiWAN
6 INET-ORCA 192.168.0.1/24
12 Fish Ranch XLINK
25 Management
Edge Switch 8
Port Description VLANs PoE Notes
1 airFiber 2, (3) 24v data & power for airFiber backbone link to Wolfback
2 AREDN node 2, (3) 24v
3 AREDN node (unused) 2, (3) 24v
4 AREDN node (unused) 2, (3) 24v
5 AREDN node (unused) 2, (3) 24v
6 hAP DtD 2, (3), 12 Off
7 EdgeRouterX Port 0 3, 5, 25 24V VLAN (4) is currently excluded until failover wan is debugged
8 SW-KPFA via Wireless Wire 60 GHz 2, 4, 5, 12, 25 802.3af/at
9 Management 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, (25) -
10 hAP AC2 DtD 2, (3), 12 -
Edge Router X
Port Description VLANs PoE Notes
0 Switch Port 7 / INET-K6MPP 3, (4), 5, 25 24v in Primary internet in, Multi-wan out
1 ORCA Box Net Internet (6) - Backup internet, DHCP-in
2 (unused) (5) - Multi-wan out
3 (unused) (5) - Multi-wan out
4 hAP Port 1 / WAN (5) 24v Multi-wan out
Edge Power 54V 72W
Port Description VLANs PoE Notes
1 (unused) - Off
2 hAP LAN port - Off to access & manage EdgePower
DC out 54v DC output n/a n/a Power ON, to EdgeSwitch
Edge Router X IP Addresses
VLAN Notes
3 DHCP Client 192.168.0.1/24
4 DHCP Client
5 DHCP Server: 192.168.5.1/24
6 DHCP Client
25 Static: 192.168.100.20/24

Future Plans

  • More ventilation work in ORCA box
  • Replace NanoSwitch with EdgePoint-R6
  • Upgrade camera(s)?
  • DONE March 2023: Replace current mount (which was temporary) with a better engineered solution
  • DONE March 2023: Move current nodes onto new mount
  • DONE March 2023: Add a dish similar to the Fish Ranch <-> Bruno dish and point it at Wolfback

Contacts

Site Admin

  • Chris Adams - KJ6WEG - kj6weg@arrl.net

Mesh Admin

  • Chris Adams - KJ6WEG - kj6weg@arrl.net
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