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
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
VLANs
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
25 Management
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 EdgeRouterX Port 0 3, (4), 5, 25 802.3af/at Direct to hAP before we include RouterX
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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (25) - Will also have a management address on VLAN3
10 hAP DtD 2, (3) -
Edge Router X
Port Description VLANs Notes
0 Switch Port 7 / INET-K6MPP 3, (4), 5, 25 802.3af/at PoE 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) Passive PoE out. Multi-wan out
Edge Router X IP Addresses
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

A number of upgrades are planned:

  • More ventilation work in ORCA box
  • Replace Juniper switch with Edge Switch
    • Setup LAN access for management
  • Remove power injects we no longer need
  • Install EdgeRouterX for WAN Failover
    • Setup LAN access for management
  • Install backup power (battery only)

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

Antenna: 37.86491, -122.21995

Location: -

Altitude: -

Bearing: -

Contacts

  • Christiaan Adams - KJ6WEG - csadams@gmail.com