ORCA
Oakland Radio Communication Association
Site located in the Oakland Hills, just off Grizzly Peak Boulevard. Near the KPFA transmitter (map)(photos).
Site Details
Configuration
ORCA currently hosts an EdgeSwitch8, and EdgePower 54V 72W and a EdgeRouterX.
ORCA connects to Fish Ranch using a Mikrotik Wireless Wire RBwAPG-60ad (60GHz, 1Gbit Full Duplex)
| Device | IP | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mikrotik Wireless Wire RBwAPG-60ad | to Fish Ranch | |
| EdgeSwitch8 | 192.168.100.21, (AREDN LAN) | X.21 address is on VLAN 25 |
| EdgeRouterX | 192.168.100.20, (AREDN LAN) | Used to provide failover WAN |
| EdgePower 24V | Not yet added to the mesh |
| VLAN | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | AREDN WAN |
| 2 | AREDN DtD |
| 3 | AREDN LAN Griz |
| 4 | INET-K6MPP |
| 5 | MultiWAN |
| 6 | INET-ORCA 192.168.0.1/24 |
| 25 | Management |
| Port | Description | VLANs | PoE | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AREDN node | 2, (3) | 802.3af/at | |
| 2 | AREDN node | 2, (3) | 24v | |
| 3 | (unused) | 2, (3) | 24v | |
| 4 | (unused) | 2, (3) | 24v | |
| 5 | (unused) | 2, (3) | 24v | |
| 6 | hAP DtD | 2, (3) | Off | |
| 7 | EdgeRouterX Port 0 | 3, 5, 25 | 24V | VLAN (4) is currently excluded until failover wan is debugged |
| 8 | SW-KPFA via Wireless Wire 60 GHz | 2, 4, 5, 25 | 802.3af/at | |
| 9 | Management | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (25) | - | |
| 10 | (unused) | 2, (3) | - | Cannot connect this to hAP as port if fixed at 1Gps and hAP is 100Mbps |
| Port | Description | VLANs | PoE | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Switch Port 7 / INET-K6MPP | 3, (4), 5, 25 | 24v in | Primary internet in, Multi-wan out |
| 1 | ORCA Box Net Internet | (6) | - | Backup internet, DHCP-in |
| 2 | (unused) | (5) | - | Multi-wan out |
| 3 | (unused) | (5) | - | Multi-wan out |
| 4 | hAP Port 1 / WAN | (5) | 24v | Multi-wan out |
| Port | Description | VLANs | PoE | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (unused) | - | Off | |
| 2 | hAP LAN port | - | Off |
| VLAN | Notes |
|---|---|
| 3 | DHCP Client 192.168.0.1/24 |
| 4 | DHCP Client |
| 5 | DHCP Server: 192.168.5.1/24 |
| 6 | DHCP Client |
| 25 | Static: 192.168.100.20/24 |
Notes
Connects to Fish Ranch using Mikrotik Wireless Wire RBwAPG-60ad (60GHz, 1Gbit Full Duplex)
Plans
- More ventilation work in ORCA box
- Replace current mount (which was temporary) with a better engineered solution
- Move current nodes onto new mount
- Add a dish similar to the Fish Ranch <-> Bruno dish and point it at Wolfback
Nodes
KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-SectorTi
Radio: Ubiquiti Rocket M5 Titanium GPS (radio disabled)
Antenna: Sector (unknown)
Location: 37.86491, -122.21995
Altitude: -
Bearing: -
KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-NSM5
Radio: Ubiquiti NanoStation M5
Antenna: 15 dBi (built-in)
Location: 37.86491, -122.21995
Altitude: -
Bearing: -
KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-PBM5
Radio: Ubiquiti PowerBeam M5 400
Antenna: 25 dBi (built-in)
Location: 37.86491, -122.21995
Altitude: -
Bearing: -
KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-HAP
Radio: Mikrotik hAP
Antenna: 37.86491, -122.21995
Location: -
Altitude: -
Bearing: -
Contacts
- Christiaan Adams - KJ6WEG - csadams@gmail.com