Hello World!

I’m Adam Tobias.

My skills and experiences are:

  • Networking
    • Administering pfSense, OPNsense, OpenWRT, EdgeOS, and Unifi routers
    • Building multisite VPN networks using OpenVPN, Wireguard, and IPSec
    • Managing static routes
    • Writing firewall rules
    • Implementing NAT policies
    • Customizing DHCP ranges, adding static leases
    • Creating 802.1Q VLANs
    • Forming 802.11S meshes
    • Building multisite 802.3 networks via VXLAN and GRE
    • Establishing point-to-point WDS bridges
    • Terminating cat5 & cat6 cables per EIA/TIA 568A & 568B
    • I really enjoy networking, in case that isn’t obvious.
    • CompTIA Network+ certified
  • Server admin
    • Administering email servers via MailCow and Yunohost
      • Setting up rDNS, DKIM, SPF, and DMARC
    • Installing and maintaining VMs on Proxmox, Hyper-V, and VirtualBox
      • Clustering, backups, and live migrations
    • Managing docker containers and docker compose stacks
    • Installing and managing server applications such as:
      • WordPress, Nextcloud, Mastodon, PeerTube, Mumble, Synapse, etc
      • I’m a big fan of federated communication systems
  • GNU/Linux
    • Administering Debian and Ubuntu servers
    • BASH scripting
    • Former Free Software Foundation intern
      • Re-wrote Email Self-Defense Guide, contributed blog content
    • Former ThinkPenguin employee
      • Assembled computers, installed GNU/Linux, resolved support requests
  • RF
    • Programming channel information and settings into two-way radios
    • Understanding RF propagation characteristics, frequency ranges, and modulation types
    • Radio direction finding (RDF) experience
    • Software Defined Radio experience
    • FCC licensed ham
  • Miscellaneous tech
    • Installing security cameras
      • Optimizing NVRs including Unifi Protect, Blue Iris, and Agent DVR
      • Separating cameras & IoT devices to heavily firewalled VLANs
    • Troubleshooting point-of-sale systems
    • Installing custom ROMs and firmware on various devices
    • CompTIA A+ and Security+ certified
  • Heavy equipment & other skills
    • Skid loader experience
    • Excavator experience
    • Forklift experience
    • Low voltage DC experience
    • Comfortable maneuvering trailers & large vehicles
    • Small electrical, plumbing, & mechanical projects
    • Tree work