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