I have worked as a Systems Administrator or Network Administrator since 1997. My first computer was a Commodore64 in 1984, which I wrote simple programs at the age of 11 on in Basic language and still have the machine intact.Networking was an extension of the early BBS days and somehow I never seemed to get out of computers except for a short period of time while living in Hawaii exploring the beaches and mountains. Many people ask why I would ever leave Hawaii and the answer is simple, for work. My goal now is to continue developing a skill set tailored to solving companies problems that may arise in catastrophic situations. I enjoy being challenged by a problem that seems to be unresolvable.This has launched me into the engineering field where I work in lab scenarios to either prove or disprove theories relating to equipment and protocols interworkings.But that does not mean to be afraid to buy me a beer, I am a real person, Honest!Specialties: TCP/IP [ipv4/ipv6]Routing [static/bgp4]Switching [Vlan/Bridge]VoIP [SIP/MGCP]WAN [T1/T3/MetroE/Frame Relay/ATM]LAN [10/100/1000 BaseT/100FX/GigE/OC3/OC12]Unix [Solaris/FreeBSD/NetBSD/Linux/SCO]Windows [XP/2000/NT/2003/Vista]Core Services [DNS/SMTP/POP3/IMAP/FTP/LPD]Low Level Services [DHCP/TFTP/BOOTP/Syslog/SSH]Databases [LDAP/SQL/MySQL/Access]Web Services [Apache/PHP/Perl/MySQL/LDAP]Programming [PHP/Perl/Bash Shell/TCL]Security [Access-Lists/Firewalls/VPN/AV/Forensics]