Fish Ranch

View south from Fish Ranch

Site located in the Oakland Hills, just off Grizzly Peak Boulevard. Near the KPFA transmitter (map) (photos)

Nodes

KJ6WEG-OAK-FishRanch-HAP2

• Radio: Mikrotik hAP AC2
• Antenna: -
• Location: 37.865191, -122.221158
• Altitude: -
• Bearing: -

KJ6WEG-OAK-FishRanch-SectorM5

• Radio: Ubiquiti Rocket M5 XW
• Antenna: 120° Sector, 19 dBi
• Location: 37.865191, -122.221158
• Altitude: 455m
• Bearing: Pointing towards Oakland flats

KJ6WEG-OAK-FishRanch-PBM5

• Radio: Ubiquiti PowerBeam M5 400-ISO
• Antenna: 25 dBi (built-in)
• Location: 37.865191, -122.221158
• Altitude: 455m
• Bearing: -

Backbone

Dish to San Bruno Mtn Building 7 & 4

• Radio: Ubiquiti LTU Rocket
• Frequency: 6.025 GHz (FCC OET Experimental License WN2XRO)
• Bandwidth: 40 MHz
• Antenna: Ubiquiti RD-5G30-LW 30 dBi
• Location: 37.865191, -122.221158
• Altitude: 466m
• Bearing: 224°

Site Details

Configuration

Fish Ranch currently hosts an EdgeSwitch8, and EdgePower 54V 72W and a EdgeMax Edge Router 4. The EdgeMax router provides access to a WAN connection (76.77.176.217) down the hill via an airFiber 60 LR from K6MPP. The WAN connection is currently disabled (July 22nd, 2022).

Fish Ranch connects to ORCA using a Mikrotik Wireless Wire RBwAPG-60ad (60GHz, 1Gbit Full Duplex)

Devices

Device	IP	Notes
EdgeMax EdgeRouter 4	192.168.100.9
Mikrotik Wireless Wire RBwAPG-60ad		to ORCA
airFiber 60 LR	192.168.100.11	to K6MPP
airFiber 5XHD	AREDN LAN	to San Bruno Mtn
EdgeSwitch8	192.168.100.25	VLAN 25
EdgePower 54V

VLANs

VLAN	Description
1	AREDN WAN
2	AREDN DtD
3	AREDN LAN
4	AMPRNET 44.4.59.0/24
5	MultiWAN
12	ORCA XLINK
13	San Bruno Mtn Building 7 XLINK
19	San Bruno Mtn Building 4 XLINK
25	Management
26	K6MPP-INTERNET 192.168.0.0/24

Edge Router 4

Port	Description	VLANs	Notes
Eth0	K6MPP-INTERNET	-	Blue cable
Eth1	AMPRNET 44.4.59.0/24	-	White cable
Eth2	Management	-	Yellow cable

Edge Power 54V

Port	Description	VLANs	PoE	Notes
1	To hAP AC2	-	54V	Connects to hAP via a 54V-to-24V PoE adaptor
2		-	54V

Edge Switch 8

Port	Description	VLANs	PoE	Notes
1	AREDN NanoSwitch on Tower	1, 2, (3)	24V	Black cable (unknown markings)
2	San Bruno Dish	(3), 4, 5, 13, 19, 25	24V	Black cable + Yellow tape
3	KPFA Studio	(4)	Off	Blue cable
4	Router / Eth0 - K6MPP	(26)	Off	Blue cable
5	Router / Eth1 - AMPRNET	(4)	Off	White cable
6	Router / Eth2 - Management	(25)	Off	Yellow cable
7	K6MPP	(26)	24V	airFiber 60 LR, Black cable + blue tape
8	ORCA	5, 12, 25	802.3af/at	Black cable (unknown markings)
9	hAP AC2	1, 2, 3, 5, 12, 13, 19, (25), 26	-
10	Internet	(4)	-

Future Plans

• None

Completed Work

June 2023

• Replaced 5XHD radio with an Rocket-LTU model to support connections to both San Bruno Mtn Building 7 and Building 4.
• Added EdgeRouterX

Contacts

Site Admin

• Christiaan Adams - KJ6WEG - csadams@gmail.com

Mesh Admin

• Christiaan Adams - KJ6WEG - csadams@gmail.com