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
- 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)
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
Completed Work
January 2024
- Installed ethernet cable between Fish Ranch / AREDN network and East Bay Public Safety Microwave Network / AREDN network. The two networks were physically near each other at Fish Ranch, so all it took to connect them was running a cable.
June 2023
Contacts
Site Admin
- Chris Adams - KJ6WEG - kj6weg@arrl.net
Mesh Admin
- Chris Adams - KJ6WEG - kj6weg@arrl.net
