Hurricane Electric FMT2

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Hurricane Electric is located at 48233 Warm Springs Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539 (map)(photos).

Part of the Bay Area Backbone.

Nodes

HE Rack

KN6PLV-HE-VERA

• Radio: Proxmox
• Antenna: -
• Location: 37.4718, -121.9201
• Altitude: -
• Bearing: -
• Notes: Node is virtualized

KN6PLV-BAM-SUPERNODE

• Radio: Proxmox
• Antenna: -
• Location: 37.4718, -121.9201
• Altitude: -
• Bearing: -
• Notes: Node is virtualized

Backbone

Dish to Fire Station 8

• Radio: Mimosa B11
• Link Name: fs8-to-hurricane
• Frequency: 10.010 GHz & 10.030 GHz
• Bandwidth: 2x 20 MHz
• Mode: CPE
• Antenna: 34 dBi dish - Jirous JRMC-680-10/11
• Location: 37.4718, -121.9201
• Altitude: 19m
• Bearing: 243°

Site Details

Hurricane Electric Fremont 2 is a 208,000 square foot colocation facility located in the heart of Silicon Valley with easy access from two major freeways (880, 680). Three international airports (SJC, OAK, SFO) are a short distance away. Their Fremont 1 Colocation Facility is located 1.5 miles north (edited from their website).

More information can be found on their website.

Colocation

Cabinet

• Cabinet: fmt2.1500.06.51
• CE Number: ce4794
• Power Type: 20A, 208V, single-phase

Router

• Manufacturer: Mikrotik
• Model: RB5009UPr+S+

Switch

• Manufacturer: Mikrotik
• Model: CRS309-1G-8S+IN

Server

• Manufacturer: Intel
• Model: NUC11ATKC4 16GB+512GB
• OS: Proxmox

Port Configurations

VLANs

VLAN	Description
2	AREDN DtD
10	AREDN LAN
11	AREDN WAN
408	bam-uisp @ 206.197.44.8
409	websites proxy @ 206.197.44.9
410	aredn-supernode @ 206.197.44.10
1101	xlink & OSPF networks
4001	Switch management
4002	Switch sfp+2 port
4003	Switch sfp+3 port
4004	Switch sfp+4 port
4005	FREMIX (switch sfp+5 port)
4006	ARIX (switch sfp+6 port)
4007	FCIX (switch sfp+7 port)
4008	Hurricane Electric (switch sfp+8 port)

Router

Port	Description	VLANs	PoE	Notes
sfp+	to Switch	4001,4002,4003,4004,4005,4006,4007,4008	-
2.5g			no
2			no
3			no
4			no
5			no
6	Proxmox Server	(U), 408, 409, 410,1101	no
7	KVM		48v
8	10 GHz dish	1101	48v

Switch

Port	Description	VLANs	PoE	Notes
sfp+1	to Router	4001,4002,4003,4004,4005,4006,4007,4008	-
sfp+2		(4002)	-
sfp+3		(4003)	-
sfp+4		(4004)	-
sfp+5	FREMIX	(4005)	-
sfp+6	ARIX	(4006)	-
sfp+7	FCIX	(4007)	-
sfp+8	Hurricane Electric	(4008)	-	Transit provider
eth			-

Transit Information

This site provides a peering point between the Backbone and the more general Internet.

• IPv4 Peer
  • BAM: 65.49.70.251/31
  • HE: 65.49.70.250/31
  • Network: 65.49.70.250/31
• IPv6 Peer
  • BAM: 2001:470:253::2/126
  • HE: 2001:470:253::1/126
  • Network: 2001:470:253::1/126

• Monitoring
  • Traffic
  • Routing

Future Plans

• Add 10 GHz Mimosa dish on roof, pointing at Fire Station 8

Completed Work

January 2024 / 2

• Installed KVM
• Labelled newly installed cables
• Terminated and installed roof ethernet
  • Cable has been pulled to the roof by HE.

January 2024 / 1

• Installed 1G and 10G optics for later use

December 2023 / 3

• Setup peering with ARIX on 1G optics

December 2023 / 2

• Installed new PDU
• Removed Media Converter
• Installed Mikrotik CRS309-1G-8S+IN Switch to support multiple incoming fibers
• Configured BGP
• Configured OSPF
• Configured Wireguard to Oxford as temporary link until dish installed
• Switched FCIX optics to 10G
• Installed HE fiber in 1G optics on switch

December 2023 / 1

• Installed Router
• Installed Proxmox Server
• Installed SFP Media Converter
• Attached HE fiber to Router

Contacts

Site Admin

• Tim Wilkinson - KN6PLV - tim@bayareamesh.us

Mesh Admin

• Tim Wilkinson - KN6PLV - tim@bayareamesh.us