Hey, I'm driz. I'm a teammember of LinuxServer.io, an IT Consultant for the DoD, and I love technology.

I’m currently working on:

• Migrating from DNSMASQ for DHCP/DNS to redundant kea-dhcp nodes (on hold because i lost interest)
• prepping to move from 10Gbps to 40Gbps in my home network (why not at these low prices?)
• Current network overview
  • 20Gbps port channels from access switches to the collapsed core switch
  • 10Gbps to my desktop
  • 20Gbps port channels to the servers
  • 10Gbps from the core switch to the WAN edge
• I just passed the Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA) exam and will likely work on CKA and CKAD next!
• I'm due to renew my Cisco certifications in May, but there is a revamp in February, so I'm taking the easy route and doing it before February!

I’m currently learning:

• Ribbon Communications' suite of applications
• Oracle SBC (for work)
• Cisco ASAv (for work)
• Microsoft SQL Server clustering (for work)
• Juniper (for work) using the Cisco path to JNCIP

Ask me about:

• VoIP
• networking
• home automation
• docker
• linux
• more...

How to reach me:

Probably easiest on the Linuxserver.io Discord

Fun facts:

1. I was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division and have had multiple combat deployments
2. I've lived in various places across 3 continents (so far) and vacationed for a week on a 4th continent.
3. I have been using Linux since 1996
   • I started with Slackware 3.1
   • I changed to LFS in 2002 to get the most out of my gaming pc
   • I swapped to CentOS for a while due to work reasons
   • I swapped mostly to debian in 2014 out of sheer laziness
4. I got in to VoIP in 2002 to split a single POTS phone line between my college roommate and myself
   • I made the mistake of using TTS using a highly sexualized voice for our recordings... it resulted in a LOT of calls and voicemails that were very odd
   • I later met Mark Spencer, creator of Asterisk, at Phreaknic 7 in Nashville, TN and have used Asterisk ever since
     • I provide service to my home
     • my parents home in another state
     • a couple friends in Canada
     • and a friend in Afghanistan