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Black Mountain (Site 4) is one of 5 sites located off the Black Mountain Trail near the Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve in the Los Altos Hills (map)([[Black Mountain Photos|photos]]).
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[[Black Mountain]] (Site 4) is one of 5 sites located off the Black Mountain Trail near the Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve in the Los Altos Hills (map)([[Black Mountain Photos|photos]]).
   
 
==Nodes==
 
==Nodes==

Revision as of 14:45, 7 July 2023

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BAY-NET (WW6BAY)

Black Mountain (Site 4) is one of 5 sites located off the Black Mountain Trail near the Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve in the Los Altos Hills (map)(photos).

Nodes

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N9JIM-BlackMtn

Radio: Ubiquiti Rocket M5 XW

Antenna: 120° sector

Location: 37.3201632, -122.1437596

Altitude: 850m

Bearing: 55° toward Sunnyvale

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N9JIM-PBE2

Radio: Ubiquiti PowerBeam M5 XW 300

Antenna: Built in 22 dBi

Location: 37.32020, -122.14382

Altitude: 826m

Bearing: 356° toward Facebook Menlo Park

N9JIM-HAP1

Radio: MikroTik hAP ac lite

Antenna: -

Location: 37.3201632, -122.1437596

Altitude: -

Bearing: -

Backbone

BlackMountain-to-SBM7

  • Radio: Ubiquiti airFiber 5XHD
  • Frequency: -
  • Bandwidth: 20MHz
  • Antenna: 23 dBi dish
  • Location: -
  • Altitude: -
  • Bearing: -

Site Details

Configuration

Black Mountain hosts a Mikrotik hAP, a Ubiquiti PowerBeam and a Ubiquiti Rocket M5 XW with 120 degree sector. WAN access to the hAP is on 44net, provide by a non-AREDN related switch managed by KI6ZHD.

Device wiring runs through independently power PoE injectors, then to lightning arrestors, and finally out to the devices on the tower.

VLANs
VLAN Description
1 AREDN WAN
2 AREDN DtD
hAP
Port Description VLANs Notes
1 WAN - To 44net on non-AREDN related switch
2 LAN Unused and taped over
3 LAN Unused and taped over
4 N9JIM-PBE2 2 A custom change on this device has reconfigured this port to be an addition DtD
5 N9JIM-BlackMtn 2

Notes

  • N9JIM-PBE2's radio is currently disabled. This was used to connect the site, via the node at Facebook Menlo Park, to the rest of the mesh. Facebook is down for the foreseeable future. Currently this site is only connect to the mesh via tunnels [5th March, 2023]

Future Plans

  • Install a new 90° sector + Rocket 5AC Lite radio to replace the current Rocket + 120° sector
  • Remove the PowerBeam
  • Install the airFiber backbone radio
  • Install the Mikrotik CRS112-8p-4s-in PoE router
  • Install a 60GHz connection to Site 5.

Completed Work

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Commercial Neighbors

Etheric Networks

The local WISP in this area is Etheric. They license (WQMK876) spectrum in the 6.2 GHz, 10.5 GHz and 19.5 GHz regions.

Contacts

Site Admin

  • David Ranch - KI6ZHD - sfwem@trinnet.net

Mesh Admin

  • Jim Moss - N9JIM - n9jim@pacbell.net