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Site located off the Black Mountain Trail near the Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve in the Los Altos Hills ([https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3201632,-122.1437596,18z map])([[Black Mountain Photos|photos]])
 
Site located off the Black Mountain Trail near the Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve in the Los Altos Hills ([https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3201632,-122.1437596,18z map])([[Black Mountain Photos|photos]])
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Road to the site is private and closed by a padlocked gate. The secure area at the site is managed by [https://www.crowncastle.com Crown Castle] using a timed bluetooth enabled key dropbox.
   
 
== Site Details ==
 
== Site Details ==
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None
 
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=== Configuration ===
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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.
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Device wiring runs through independently power PoE injectors, then to lightning arrestors, and finally out to the devices on the tower.
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{| class="wikitable"
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|+VLANs
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!VLAN
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!Description
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|-
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|1
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|AREDN WAN
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|-
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|2
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|AREDN DtD
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|}
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{| class="wikitable"
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|+hAP
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!Port
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!Description
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!VLANs
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!Notes
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|-
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|1
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|WAN
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| -
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|To 44net on non-AREDN related switch
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|-
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|2
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|LAN
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|
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|Unused and taped over
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|-
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|3
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|LAN
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|
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|Unused and taped over
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|-
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|4
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|N9JIM-PBE2
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|2
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|'''A custom chance on this device had reconfigured this port to be an addition DtD'''
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|-
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|5
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|N9JIM-BlackMtn
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|2
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|
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|}
   
 
=== Plans ===
 
=== Plans ===
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While nothing immediate is planned, it would be good to sling a link here from [[San Bruno Mountain]]. There's a clear shot between the two.
None
 
   
 
== Nodes ==
 
== Nodes ==
   
 
=== N9JIM-BlackMtn ===
 
=== N9JIM-BlackMtn ===
Radio: Ubiquiti Rocket M5
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Radio: Ubiquiti Rocket M5 XW
   
 
Antenna: 120° sector
 
Antenna: 120° sector

Revision as of 23:10, 13 August 2022

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Site located off the Black Mountain Trail near the Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve in the Los Altos Hills (map)(photos)

Road to the site is private and closed by a padlocked gate. The secure area at the site is managed by Crown Castle using a timed bluetooth enabled key dropbox.

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 chance on this device had reconfigured this port to be an addition DtD
5 N9JIM-BlackMtn 2

Plans

While nothing immediate is planned, it would be good to sling a link here from San Bruno Mountain. There's a clear shot between the two.

Nodes

N9JIM-BlackMtn

Radio: Ubiquiti Rocket M5 XW

Antenna: 120° sector

Location: 37.3201632, -122.1437596

Altitude: Unknown

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: -

Contacts

  • Jim Moss - N9JIM - n9jim@pacbell.net
  • David Ranch - KI6ZHD - sfwem@trinnet.net