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This page describes the (currently under development) Helderberg area network, and related information.

Be advised that this content is a work-in-progress, and will more than likely change during the next few weeks or so.

Helderberg Network on the 18th of May 2011.
For more images, see our Timeline Gallery.

About Us

IP Ranges

The Helderberg currently has several ip ranges:

IP Range Highsite Active in OSPF? rb OSPF id
172.18.76.0/23 'Strand' N N/A
172.18.78.0/23 'Strand' Partially 172.18.78.128 - 172.18.254.50
172.18.79.0 - 172.18.250.94
172.18.84.0/25 'Helderberg' N
172.18.85.0/25 Daz Y 251.94
172.18.85.128/25 swest Y 252.50
172.18.97.128/25 Wasley Y 253.137
172.18.99.128/28 Coco Y 252.38
172.18.99.144/28 Bigmikedavis Y 209.254
172.18.99.160/28 Bender Y 253.101
172.18.99.176/28 GantsCentre Y 253.34
172.18.113.0/25 Amberdrake Y 253.139
172.18.113.128/25 GantsCentre Y 252.34
172.18.121.0/24 Steenbras N N/A
172.18.192.0/24 Wasley Y 253.139
172.18.194.128/25 ERAB Y 252.50
172.18.209.128/25 Bigmikedavis Y 209.254

We are going to move over to a single range (172.18.176.0/21), broken down as follows:

IP Range Highsite name Highsite IP allocation page Active in OSPF?
172.18.176.0/25 Helderberg HS_Helderberg Yes
172.18.176.128/25 DrBergie HS_DrBergie No
172.18.177.0/25 Bigmikedavis HS_Bigmikedavis Yes
172.18.177.128/25 GantsCentre HS_GantsCentre No
172.18.178.0/25 Pine HS_Pine No
172.18.178.128/25 Marais HS_Marais No
172.18.179.0/24 Jock HS_Jock No
172.18.180.0/24 Wasley HS_Wasley No
172.18.181.0/25 Drakehome HS_Drakehome No
172.18.182.0/24  ?
172.18.183.0/24  ?

High Sites

We have a few High Sites covering our area. See below for a detailed list of these:

Name Location Connectivity
Node Location Interface Status
Drake Heldervue Mercury Wynberg 31dBi grid to 27dBi grid UP
Triton Somerset West 24dBi grid to 27dBi grid UP
Gants Strand 27dBi grid to 31dBi grid TESTING
Triton Somerset West Drake Heldervue 24dBi grid to 27dBi grid UP
Rage Gordon's Bay 24dBi grid to 27dBi grid UP
Rage Gordon's Bay Triton Somerset West 27dBi grid to 24dBi grid UP
pmurgs Fish Hoek 29dBi dual polarity dish to dual 31dBi dishes UP
Edge Gordon's Bay 16dBi SXT to 16dBi SXT UP
Gants Strand 27dBi Grid to 27dBi Grid TESTING
Coco Bel Aire Phebos Belleville 27dBi grid to 24dBi grid UP
Helderberg Somerset West Bigmikedavis Somerset West 29dBi dual polarity dish to 27dBi grid TESTING
Gants Strand Drake Heldervue 31dBi grid to 27dBi grid TESTING
Wasley Somerset West 16dBi SXT to 16dBi SXT UP
Rage Gordons's Bay 27dBi Grid to 27dBi Grid TESTING

Contact Us

Keen on joining CTWUG in our area? See below for details on how to contact us.

Method Details
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) irc.edge.ctwug.za.net - #ctwug-helderberg

Events

Below describes current and past events that have occurred since the Helderberg network has come into existence.

Date Details
2011-05-11 Grid facing Gants is put up at Rage. Linked to Gants, but requires alignment and further tweaking.
2011-05-05 Local DNS server goes live on 172.18.1.1 - Hosted by CuttingEdge on node #850 (edge). Thanks goes out to TFyre for setup.
2011-02-27 Initial scans up at Helderberg HS
2011-02-19 Diabolix link even more even more stable / OSPF screenshot
2011-02-10 Drake's second mast failed and was repaired
2011-02-10 Diabolix link even more stable / OSPF screenshot
2011-02-06 Diabolix link stable / OSPF screenshot
2011-02-05 Helderberg Meet February 2011
2011-01-28 Added ferrite cores to all three rb power lines
2011-01-21 Added rage3 rb (for Diabolix link)/220v power into a UT7, then direct DC to the rbs
2011-01-15 Triton1 rb upgrade to 4.16 and changed Triton1 sector to NV2
2010-12-12 Triton1 frequency changes and user rb upgrades
2010-12-05 New Rage2 RB + one Diabolix moved to horizontal polarity
2010-11-27 Diabolix, pmurgs and Triton link adjustments
2010-11-14 Link to Diabolix, with MIMO
2010-10-31 Link to pmurgs is active. OSPF required screenshot of bandwidth
2010-10-30 Added 31dbi dish and linked in MIMO to 27dbi grid for pmurgs at Rage
2010-10-23 Helderberg Breakfast at Bigmike's place
2010-10-10 Added Rage2 rb, with Diabolix and Pmurgs G2G links
2010-10-09 Launched local Helderberg IRC server to cater for users within the Helderberg and surrounding areas.
2010-10-03 Realignment of grid at Mercury to Drake
2010-09-24 Replacing RB and fixing pole at Drake
2010-09-18 Replacing Triton2's Rage grid radio and moving Triton Mercury link to Drake
2010-09-11 Rage HighSite power issue fixes and alignment
2010-09-04 Rage HighSite setup
2010-08-28 Rage, Triton and Drake scan day
2010-08-21 Initial meeting to discuss network and finances Meeting minutes