• NodeLabarre

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

• 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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