ORCA
Oakland Radio Communication Association
Site located in the Oakland Hills, above the Rt 24 Caldecott tunnel and near the KPFA transmitter tower (map)(photos). This site is hosted by the Oakland Radio Communication Association (ORCA), Oakland's amateur radio club and ARES/RACES group.
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 AC2
Antenna: -
Location: 37.86491, -122.21995
Altitude: -
Bearing: -
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 |
12 | Fish Ranch XLINK |
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), 12 | 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, 12, 25 | 802.3af/at | |
9 | Management | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, (25) | - | |
10 | hAP AC2 DtD | 2, (3), 12 | - |
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
Contacts
Site Admin
- Chris Adams - KJ6WEG - kj6weg@arrl.net
Mesh Admin
- Chris Adams - KJ6WEG - kj6weg@arrl.net