Edition 2026.08.28 // OPEN 28 AUG 2026 // CAPE TOWN

LAB LAYER // SECONDARY

THE
LAB.

Build, break, document. The portfolio lives here — secondary to the briefing network.

ABOUT THE BUILDER

Learn by building.

I learn technology by taking systems apart, building them back up, testing them and documenting what happens.

My focus is practical IT and systems work: infrastructure, networking, Linux and Windows administration, virtualization, automation and troubleshooting. The goal is not to collect theory — it is to build systems, understand why they work, and keep a reliable record of how they were built.

The lab is now moving beyond the Windows infrastructure build into networking and broader systems projects, with each project documented as both a working experiment and a reusable technical reference.

ACTIVE / COMPLETE

PROJECT_001
COMPLETE / DOCUMENTED

Windows Infrastructure Lab

Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, domain authentication, organizational units and Windows client infrastructure.

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PROJECT_002
ACTIVE / BUILDING

Networking Lab

Practical networking work covering TCP/IP, IPv4 and IPv6, DHCP, DNS, NAT, routing, VLANs, firewalling, packet analysis and network diagnostics.

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CAPABILITY MATRIX

01

Infrastructure

Windows Server · Active Directory · DNS · DHCP · Group Policy · File Services

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02

Systems

Windows · Linux · Virtualization · Services · Permissions · Troubleshooting

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03

Networking

TCP/IP · DNS · Routing · Firewalls · Network Diagnostics

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