// 02 — technical skills

Stack, gear,
& protocols.

A deep dive into my networking, hardware, and RF skill set. Proficiency rated honestly.

// networking protocols

Protocol Proficiency

Networking Hardware / Infra SDR / RF Software / Tools
BGP (iBGP / eBGP)88%
OSPF (multi-area)85%
VLAN / xVLAN / VXLAN92%
Spanning Tree / RSTP80%
LACP / 802.3ad Bonding87%
iSCSI / NFS / SMB78%
InfiniBand / RDMA82%
Fibre / SFP+ / DAC90%
Server Hardware88%
RTL-SDR / HackRF75%
GNU Radio65%
Linux / Bash scripting91%

// technology breakdown

Full Stack

Routing & Switching

BGPiBGP/eBGP · route maps · prefix listsExpert
OSPFMulti-area · ABR · stub/NSSAExpert
VLAN802.1Q · QinQ · trunkingExpert
VXLANL2 over L3 · EVPN overlayProficient
LACP802.3ad · LAG · bondingExpert
STP / RSTPLoop prevention · port rolesProficient
ACLs & Firewallnftables · iptables · pfSenseProficient
FRRoutingSoftware routing on LinuxProficient

High-Performance Interconnects

InfiniBandQDR / FDR · 40–56Gb/sExpert
RDMARoCE · IB verbs · MPIProficient
Fibre / SFP+LC/SC/MPO · SM/MM · DWDMExpert
DAC / AOC10G/25G/40G direct attachExpert
iSCSIBlock storage · multipathProficient
NFS / SMBNetwork file servicesProficient

SDR & RF

RTL-SDRADS-B · NOAA · FM/AMExpert
HackRF One1MHz–6GHz · TX/RXProficient
GNU RadioSignal processing · flowgraphsProficient
ADS-B / dump1090Aircraft tracking · MLATExpert
NOAA APTWeather satellite imageryProficient
ACARSAircraft comms decodingFamiliar

Compute & Virtualisation

Proxmox VEKVM · LXC · clusteringExpert
DockerContainers · compose · networkingProficient
Folding@HomeDistributed protein foldingExpert
TrueNASZFS · RAID · storage clusterProficient
Grafana / PrometheusNetwork monitoring · dashboardsProficient
WiresharkPacket capture · protocol analysisExpert

// physical environment

Lab Gear

Managed Switches
Cisco / Mikrotik · 10G SFP+ uplinks · full VLAN trunking
Rack Servers
Dell PowerEdge / HP ProLiant · dual-socket Xeon · ECC RAM
InfiniBand Fabric
Mellanox ConnectX-3 HCAs · QDR/FDR switch · 56Gb/s links
Fibre Plant
LC/APC · OS2 single-mode · MPO trunk cables · ODF patch panel
RF / SDR Gear
RTL-SDR v3 · HackRF One · LNA4ALL · discone + Yagi antennas
Storage Array
TrueNAS · ZFS RAIDZ2 · 60TB raw · iSCSI + NFS exports

// always growing

Currently Exploring

SR-MPLS / Segment Routingexploring
EVPN / BGP-EVPNlearning
P4 programmable dataplanescurious
LoRa / LoRaWANbuilding
GOES satellite rxexploring
Rust for network toolslearning