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Small-network observability without the enterprise overhead
A practical stack for seeing what is happening on your network before users tell you something is broken.
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SYSTEMS ONLINE · MAURITIUS
I build, break &
understand networks.
I’m Traw, a systems and network engineer. I write about Linux, networking, and whatever I’m testing, building, or troubleshooting.
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network engineer · linux enthusiast · perpetual tinkerer
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→ using AI to build small tools that make my day-to-day work easier
01 / FIELD NOTES
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A calm way to clean up a messy FortiGate policy set
The audit trail, naming rules, and rollback habits I use before touching years of accumulated firewall policy.
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DNS was the problem. Again.
Notes from debugging split-horizon DNS in my homelab—and the two checks I should have started with.
02 / LAB WORK
Projects in progress
ACTIVE
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Netbox Lab
A reproducible, containerized source of truth for my homelab—with automated device discovery and configuration backups.
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Policy Parser
Turning FortiGate configuration exports into readable policy maps and audit reports.
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Quiet Rack
A low-power, low-noise home network lab built to be useful without taking over the house.
03 / ABOUT
Curiosity, with root access.
Most days, I’m somewhere between a shell prompt, a firewall, and a network diagram—usually trying to understand why something works, or why it suddenly doesn’t.
This site is where I keep the useful parts. Expect notes from real troubleshooting, things I’m testing in my lab, project write-ups, and the occasional thought I wanted to get out of my head.
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