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 EdgeSwitch8, and EdgePower 24V 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)
| 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 | 44.4.59.44 | VLAN 4, 5990 / 60 MHz to San Bruno Mtn |
| EdgeSwitch8 | 192.168.100.25 | VLAN 25 |
| EdgePower 24V | Not yet connected to network (3 Sept 2022) |
| VLAN | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | AREDN WAN |
| 2 | AREDN DtD |
| 3 | AREDN LAN |
| 4 | AMPRNET 44.4.59.0/24 |
| 5 | MultiWAN |
| 25 | Management |
| 26 | K6MPP-INTERNET 192.168.0.0/24 |
| Port | Description | VLANs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eth0 | K6MPP-INTERNET | - | Blue cable |
| Eth1 | AMPRNET 44.4.59.0/24 | - | White cable |
| Eth2 | Management | - | Yellow cable |
| 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) | - |
Notes
Part of the Bay Area Backbone.
Plans
- Enable LAN device support on KJ6WEG-OAK-FishRanch-SectorM5
- San Bruno Dish
- Setup LAN access for management
Nodes
DISH-TO-SANBRUNO
Radio: Ubiquiti airFiber 5XHD
Frequency: 5.99 GHz (Unlicensed use - FCC note)
Bandwidth: 60 MHz
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