Node name: NodeLabarre
Address: 4100 SE Milwaukie Ave Portland, OR 97030
Live Date: February 27, 2003
Sponsor: Labarre Machine Works
Contact: RussellSenior <russell@personaltelco.net>

Equipment Donated (all parts financed by Labarre Machine Works)

• Soekris 4511 w/ 128MB Compact Flash ($216 + $50)
• Engenius 200mw PCMCIA Radio ($95)
• Maxrad 8dbi Omni-directional Antenna ($55)

• MMCX->Ntype Pigtail ($18)

• 20ft LMR-400 Cable ($16)
• Homebrew POE Injector (~$15)
• Total of ~$465
• Soekris 4826
• NEMA enclosure
• 5-foot mast
• 2x CM9 Atheros a/b/g radios
• 2x N/male-N/male LMR195 jumper cables
• 2x 9-dBi 120-degree sector antennas
• 2x wall-bracket standoffs for antenna separation
• Soekris PoE injector
• 100-foot run of outdoor cat5

Software Installed

• Metrix Pyramid 1.0b5

• WifiDog

Network Topology

• hostname: metal
  • eth0 IP addr: 10.251.7.200/24
  • gateway: 10.251.7.254
  • DHCP Pool: 10.11.36.20 - 10.11.36.254
  • Upstream Nameserver: 10.251.7.250 (see /ro/etc/resolv/static)
  • Outside IP: 65.243.175.226
  • bridged: eth1 wlan0
  • br0 IP addr: 10.11.36.1/24
  • interface: wlan0
    • SSID: www.personaltelco.net
    • Channel: 6
    • BSSID: 00:02:6f:01:76:39
• hostname: shavings
  • bridged: eth0, ath0, ath1
  • br0 IP addr: 10.11.36.2/24
  • interface: ath0
    • SSID: www.personaltelco.net
    • Channel: 1
    • BSSID: 00:0B:6B:09:51:29
  • interface: ath1
    • SSID: www.personaltelco.net
    • Channel: 11
    • BSSID: 00:0B:6B:09:51:50

Installers / Organizers

• Originally:

  • NathanielPowning

  • EugeneKeam

• Refurb:

  • RussellSenior

  • SaraHonsberger

  • CalebPhillips

  • DonPark

Maintenance and System Log

• 2008-12-05: Noticed that the Engenius 200mW PCMCIA radio had not been seen in a while. Did some diagnosis remotely and ultimately rebooted. However, 'metal' did not come back up. Stopped by today to power cycle. Still not seeing the missing radio. It is visible from the operating system, but not over the air. Maybe should try a replacement. --RussellSenior

• 2008-09-03: Got a call this afternoon indicating a report of an outage. I went by later to check and it appears that the issue is a bad end on the cable from the switch up into the storage area. If I manipulate the cable, the link light occasionally goes on and then immediately off again. If the other end was the problem, I don't think that would happen. I let Gary know about my diagnosis and said that Dennis could take care of it tomorrow. --RussellSenior

• 2008-04-18: Visited today to check on a long outage. I had email'd but not heard a reply. Dennis said today he'd received my email, but his reply had bounced and he hadn't gotten around to trying again. I power-cycled and it came back up. I won't wait so long next time. --RussellSenior

• 2007-12-28: Installed a second soekris device outdoors near the front of the building, with coverage up and down Milwaukie Avenue. --RussellSenior

• 2007-07-20: Have recently reconfigured this node with Metrix Pyramid 1.0b5 and wifidog. Business owner also interested in adding an additional rooftop device. --RussellSenior

• 2006-10-13: Responded to a message forwarded to ops@lists.personaltelco.net (tardily) by DonPark. Node has been non-functional for a couple months. Internal network had been renumbered during a VOIP installation, breaking the static IP on the soekris. I got a serial console on the device, reset the root password, and set about patching things up. One tricky bit, /etc/resolv.conf is a symbolic link into /var, which gets unpacked from /etc/var.tgz during bootup, so to fix up /etc/resolv.conf I unpacked the tarball, modified var/local/etc/resolv.conf and tar'd it back up again. Did a final reboot-and-test and it was working when I left.

Notes

• The soekris 4511 is in an indoor case, on the floor of a storage area next to a ventilation duct. The pigtail comes out the back of the case, connects to LMR400 that takes the signal into the ventilation duct and up to the roof.

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