Hurricane Electric FMT2

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Hurricane Electric is located at 48233 Warm Springs Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539 (map).

Part of the Bay Area Backbone.

Nodes

KN6PLV-HE-VERA

• Radio: VM
• Antenna: n/a
• Location: 37.4718, -121.9201
• Altitude: n/a
• Bearing: n/a
• Notes:

Backbone

Dish to Fire Station 8

• Radio: Mimosa B11
• Link Name: fs8-to-hurricane
• Frequency: 10.010 GHz & 10.030 GHz
• Bandwidth: 2x 20 MHz
• Mode: CPE
• Antenna: 34 dBi dish - Jirous JRMC-680-10/11
• Location: 37.4718, -121.9201
• Altitude: -
• Bearing: -

Site Details

Hurricane Electric Fremont 2 is a 208,000 square foot colocation facility located in the heart of Silicon Valley with easy access from two major freeways (880, 680). Three international airports (SJC, OAK, SFO) are a short distance away. Their Fremont 1 Colocation Facility is located 1.5 miles north (edited from their website).

More information can be found on their website.

Colocation

Cabinet

• Cabinet: fmt2.1500.06.51
• CE Number: ce4794
• Power Type: 20A, 208V, single-phase

Router

• Manufacturer: Mikrotik
• Model: RB5009UPr+S+

Switch

• Manufacturer: Mikrotik
• Model: CRS309-1G-8S+IN

Server

• Manufacturer: Intel
• Model: NUC11ATKC4 16GB+512GB
• OS: Proxmox

Transit Information

This site provides a peering point between the Backbone and the more general Internet.

• IPv4 Peer
  • BAM: 65.49.70.251/31
  • HE: 65.49.70.250/31
  • Network: 65.49.70.250/31
• IPv6 Peer
  • BAM: 2001:470:253::2/126
  • HE: 2001:470:253::1/126
  • Network: 2001:470:253::1/126

• Monitoring
  • Traffic
  • Routing

Future Plans

• Add 10 GHz Mimosa dish on roof, pointing at Fire Station 8
  • Cable shipped to facility (arriving Friday 12th Jan)
  • Dish install scheduled week of 14th Jan (weather permitting)
• Install KVM for console access to Proxmox server.
• Add cross connect to FCIX.

Completed Work

December 2023 / 3

• Setup peering with ARIX on 1G optics

December 2023 / 2

• Installed new PDU
• Removed Media Converter
• Installed Mikrotik CRS309-1G-8S+IN Switch to support multiple incoming fibers
• Configured BGP
• Configured OSPF
• Configured Wireguard to Oxford as temporary link until dish installed
• Switched FCIX optics to 10G
• Installed HE fiber in 1G optics on switch

December 2023 / 1

• Installed Router
• Installed Proxmox Server
• Installed SFP Media Converter
• Attached HE fiber to Router

Contacts

Site Admin

• Tim Wilkinson - KN6PLV - tim@bayareamesh.us

Mesh Admin

• Tim Wilkinson - KN6PLV - tim@bayareamesh.us