Fish Ranch

View south from Fish Ranch

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

Site Details

Configuration

Fish Ranch currently hosts an Juniper EX2300-C switch 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). Problems with connection reliability were fixed by removing some tree branches (July 22nd, 2022).

Devices

Device	IP	Notes
Juniper Switch EX2300-C	192.168.100.12
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 (5990 / 60 MHz)	44.4.59.44	VLAN 4, to San Bruno Mtn
EdgeSwitch8	192.168.100.25	VLAN 25

VLANs

VLAN	Description
1	AREDN WAN
2	AREDN DtD
3	AREDN LAN
4	AMPRNET 44.4.59.0
5	MultiWAN
25	Management
26	K6MPP-INTERNET

Juniper Switch

Port	Description	VLANs	Notes
1	AREDN NanoSwitch on Tower	1,2,(3)	Yellow cable -> PINJ -> Black cable
2	KPFA Studio	(4)	Blue cable
3	(unused)	(2)
4	San Bruno Dish	4	airFiber. Black cable -> PINJ -> Black cable + Yellow tape
5	(unused)	(2)
6	Router / Eth1	(4)	White cable
7	(unused)	(2)
8	(unused)	(4)
9	Router / Eth2	(25)	Yellow cable
10	Router / Eth0	(26)	Blue cable
11	K6MPP	25, (26)	airFiber 60 LR. Red cable -> PINJ -> Black cable + Blue tape
12	ORCA	1, 2, 3, 4, 25	White cable -> PINJ -> Black cable

Edge Router 4

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

Configuration (proposed)

Replace Juniper switch with Edge Switch 8.

Edge Switch 8

Port	Description	VLANs	PoE	Notes
1	AREDN NanoSwitch on Tower	1, 2, (3)	Passive	Black cable (unknown markings)
2	San Bruno Dish	2, 4, 5, 25	Passive	Black cable + Yellow tape Add VLAN 5 to Dish to use multi-wan in future. Add VLAN 2 (DtD) and VLAN 25 (Management) to Dish.
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)	Passive	airFiber 60 LR, Black cable + blue tape
8	ORCA	2, 4, 5, 25	802.3af/at	Black cable (unknown markings)
9	Management	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (25), 26	-	+ access to all VLANs
10	Internet	(4)	-

Assumes we make no changes to the current Router setup.

Notes

Part of the Bay Area Backbone.

Plans

• Enable LAN device support on KJ6WEG-OAK-FishRanch-PBM5
• Swap the Juniper switch for the new EdgeSwitch
  • Setup LAN access for management
• Remove power injects which are no longer required
• Make VLAN changes on San Bruno Dish
  • Setup LAN access for management
• Install backup power (battery + solar)

Nodes

DISH-TO-SANBRUNO

Radio: Ubiquiti airFiber 5XHD

Antenna: Ubiquiti airFiber 5G23-S45 23 dBi

Location: 37.865191, -122.221158

Altitude: 466m

Bearing: -

KJ6WEG-OAK-FishRanch-SectorM5

Radio: Ubiquiti Rocket M5 XW

Antenna: 120° Sector, 19 dBi

Location: -

Altitude: -

Bearing: Pointing towards Oakland flats

KJ6WEG-OAK-FishRanch-PBM5

Radio: Ubiquiti PowerBeam M5 400-ISO

Antenna: 25 dBi (built-in)

Location: -

Altitude: -

Bearing: -

Contacts

• Christiaan Adams - KJ6WEG - csadams@gmail.com