Tucson House¶

This supernode will be located on the roof of Tucson House, a residential high-rise tower built in the 1960s. It is located at 1501 N Oracle Rd, Tucson, AZ 85705.

It went live in June 2025.

This documentation requires updates

Document connections between hardware

Hardware¶

MikroTik Cloud Core Series Router CCR2004-16G-2S+: This is the router for the Tucson House supernode. It is configured as NN-49. Accordingly, it has a static mesh IP of 10.69.0.49
Mikrotik Cloud Switch Series Switch CCS610-8P-2S+IN: There are two of these.
Ubiquiti rocket PRISM AC gen2 5 GHz airMAX® ac Radio BaseStation with airPrism® Active RF Filtering Technology RP-5AC-Gen2-US
Ubiquiti AirPRISM 5 GHz, 30x30° HD Sector Antenna AP-5AC-90-HD
Ubiquiti Ethernet Surge Protector ETH-SP-G2
APC Smart-UPS C 1500VA LCD RM 2U 120V with SmartConnect SMC1500-2UC

Information from Login's Side¶

IP assignment: Network: 204.17.32.56/29 Gateway: 204.17.32.57 Usable IPs: 204.17.32.58-204.17.32.62 (inclusive)

We will hand you a 1Gbps copper handoff set to auto-negotiate. Please advise if you need/want a different demarc configuration.

SSID naming convention¶

The naming convention for the SSID of the APs on Tucson House follow this convention: TMTH-{corner}-{vertical_position}-{effective_direction}, e.g. TMTH-SW-Bottom-S.

corner is the corner of the building on which the radio is mounted: NE, NW, SE, SW
vertical_position is the vertical slot where the radio is mounted: Bottom, Middle, Top
effective_direction is the direction corresponding to the radio's slot: N, S, E, W, NE, NW, SE, SW

These are all the networks available from this supernode:

TMTH-SW-Top-W
TMTH-SW-Middle-SW
TMTH-SW-Bottom-W
TMTH-SE-Top-S
TMTH-SE-Middle-SE
TMTH-SE-Bottom-E
TMTH-NW-Top-N
TMTH-NW-Middle-NW
TMTH-NW-Bottom-W
TMTH-NE-Top-E
TMTH-NE-Middle-NE
TMTH-NE-Bottom-N

Wireguard bridge¶

We have configured a Wireguard bridge between NN48, which is a non-PoE OmniTIK router which will be mounted on the roof of BICAS, and NN49, the MikroTik Cloud Core Series Router CCR2004-16G-2S+ router at the Tucson House supernode. As of early November 2025, the NN48 Omni has not yet been installed.