Fish Ranch

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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

FishRanchAntennas.jpg

Dish to San Bruno

  • Radio: Ubiquiti airFiber 5XHD
  • Frequency: 5.99 GHz (FCC OET Experimental License WN2XRO)
  • Bandwidth: 60 MHz
  • Antenna: Ubiquiti RD-5G30-LW 30 dBi
  • Location: 37.865191, -122.221158
  • Altitude: 466m
  • Bearing: -

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 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 - Off
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, 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 4, 5, 12, 25 802.3af/at Black cable (unknown markings)
9 hAP AC2 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, (25), 26 -
10 Internet (4) -

Plans (proposed)

  • Replace San Bruno Mtn radio
    • Replace current radio (only radio) with an LTU model to we have the future option to light up Building 4 with the same dish.

Contacts

Site Admin

  • Christiaan Adams - KJ6WEG - csadams@gmail.com

Mesh Admin

  • Christiaan Adams - KJ6WEG - csadams@gmail.com