ORCA

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ORCA

Oakland Radio Communication Association

Site located in the Oakland Hills, just off Grizzly Peak Boulevard. Near the KPFA transmitter (map)(photos).

Site Details

Configuration

Devices
Device IP Notes
Juniper Switch EX2300-C 192.168.100.13
Mikrotik Wireless Wire RBwAPG-60ad to Fish Ranch
VLANs
VLAN Description
1 AREDN WAN
2 AREDN DtD
3 AREDN LAN Griz
4 INET-K6MPP
5 [Proposed MultiWAN]
25 MGMT
Juniper Switch
Port Description VLANs Notes
1 To Netgear switch 1, 2, (3)
2 Internet (4)
3 (3)
4 (4)
5 (2)
6 (4)
7 (2)
8 (4)
9 (2)
10 (4)
11 1, 2, 3, 4, 25
12 SW-KPFA via Wireless Wire 60 GHz 2, 25

Configuration (proposed)

Replace Juniper switch with Edge Switch 8. Add Edge Router X to provide fail-over WAN support.

Edge Switch 8
Port Description VLANs PoE Notes
1 AREDN node 2, (3) Passive
2 AREDN node 2, (3) Passive
3 AREDN node 2, (3) Passive
4 AREDN node 2, (3) Passive
5 AREDN node 2, (3) Passive
6 AREDN node 2, (3) Passive
7 INET-K6MPP (4), 5 802.3af/at [Later] to EdgeRouter X for multi-wan support
8 SW-KPFA via Wireless Wire 60 GHz 2, 4, 5, 25 802.3af/at Need to reconfigure the other end to match this
9 Management (25) -
10 hAP DtD 2, (3) -
Edge Router X
Port Description VLANs Notes
0 Switch Port 7 / INET-K6MPP (4), 5 802.3af/at PoE in. Primary internet in, Multi-wan out
1 ORCA Box Net Internet - Backup internet
2 (unused) (5) Multi-wan out
3 (unused) (5) Multi-wan out
4 hAP Port 1 / WAN (5) Passive PoE out. Multi-wan out

Notes

Connects to Fish Ranch using Mikrotik Wireless Wire RBwAPG-60ad (60GHz, 1Gbit Full Duplex)

Plans

A number of upgrades are planned:

  • More ventilation work in ORCA box
  • ORCA switch - finish setup & swap out Juniper switch
  • FishRanch switch - install, setup & swap out Juniper switch
  • [Later:] install backup power (battery at ORCA, battery+solar at FishRanch)
  • [Later:] install dual-WAN failover in ORCA box (EdgerouterX)

Nodes

  • KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-SectorTi
  • KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-NSM5
  • KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-PBM5
  • KJ6WEG-OAK-ORCA-HAP

Contacts

  • Christiaan Adams - KJ6WEG - csadams@gmail.com