Dirk Van Der Walt
Open Source Developer Specialising In Networks at RADIUSdesk.com
Gauteng, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolDirk Van Der Walt is an open source developer from Gauteng with 13 years’ experience building network-focused web tools, best known for leading the RADIUSdesk project that brings enterprise-ready FreeRADIUS management to WiFi deployments. He combines full-stack web UI work (Ext JS, WebSockets) with deep networking and Linux expertise (FreeRADIUS, OpenWRT), creating scalable, internationalisable, and well-documented solutions aimed at reducing IT costs for communities. His background includes a long tenure as an Open Source Specialist at CSIR and hands-on electronics/test engineering, giving him a practical appreciation for both software and hardware constraints. Passionate about making open source friendly to developers and entrepreneurs, he focuses on usability and real-time responsiveness in operational network software.
13 years of coding experience
National N Diploma x2, Electical and Mechanical, National N Diploma x2, Electical and Mechanical at Springs CollegeJohn Vorster, Nigel
Afrikaans
Github Skills (23)
esxi10
mesh10
5g10
ipmi10
lte10
capistrano10
4g10
stunnel10
nanopi10
openwrt10
batman10
solaris10
freeradius10
juniper10
openvpn9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
RADIUSdesk/openwrt-meshdesk
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
MESHdesk packages for OpenWrt
Contributions:22 commits, 1 PR, 64 pushes in 1 year
batman-advcoova-chillicoovachillimesh-networksmesh-simplification
RADIUSdesk/rdcore
Jan 2022 - Aug 2022
A Cutting-Edge Management System for FreeRADIUS, OpenWrt, and Batman-adv Mesh Networks
Contributions:78 commits, 9 PRs, 527 pushes in 7 months
mesh-simplificationesximesh-networkscapistranomanagement-system
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