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Network engineering

Most network problems are design problems that only show up under load. We plan the network around how the place actually works — where people sit, what has to reach what, and what happens when a link fails — then build it so it can be extended without being rebuilt.

  • Routing
  • Switching
  • Wi-Fi
  • SDN/NFV
  • Segmentation
  • Network operations
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What this covers

Inside a network engineering engagement

Design, deployment and optimization of reliable networks — Wi-Fi, routing, switching, SDN/NFV and day-to-day network operations.

  • 01

    Network design

    Addressing, VLANs, routing and switching planned as one design, with a diagram you keep.

  • 02

    Wi-Fi that holds up

    Coverage planned per floor and per use, with access points placed for the building rather than the plug sockets.

  • 03

    Structured LAN

    Cabling, patching and managed switching rebuilt into something documented and traceable.

  • 04

    SDN/NFV and lab work

    Software-defined and virtualized network environments for testing, research and project work.

  • 05

    Network operations

    Changes, troubleshooting and tuning after handover — the network stays maintained, not frozen.

Who it's for

Signs you need this

  • Homes where Wi-Fi drops in half the rooms
  • Small businesses outgrowing a consumer router
  • SMEs with a network that grew one switch at a time
  • Technical projects that need a network built to a specification

What you get

Delivered at handover

  • Network diagram and addressing plan
  • Device configuration with documented changes
  • Wi-Fi coverage notes and placement rationale
  • A short handover walkthrough with whoever runs it day to day

How we engage

Three ways to start

Pricing depends on size, site and travel — always agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01

    Assessment

    We look at what you have, test what matters, and hand back findings with priorities. Scoped to your environment — cost depends on size and travel, agreed before we start.

  2. 02

    Project

    A defined build: a network, a server consolidation, a segmentation programme. Quoted once the scope is clear, with a handover pack at the end.

  3. 03

    Ongoing support

    Monitoring, maintenance and a person to call. Monthly, sized by how much infrastructure is under care.

Related work

Network engineering in practice

Published project work — details generalized to protect client privacy.

  • GNS3 Virtualized SDN Testbed with Ryu Controller & IPFire
    SDN/Virtualization

    GNS3 Virtualized SDN Testbed with Ryu Controller & IPFire

    Challenge
    A student required an OpenFlow SDN testbed with stateful firewalling for academic thesis research. Their local workstation lacked the compute, RAM, and nested virtualization needed to run GNS3 alongside concurrent appliance VMs without system instability.
    What we did
    Prepared and tuned a remote GNS3 environment with KVM hardware acceleration and dedicated memory allocation. Pre-staged the exact requested runtime tooling: containerized Ryu SDN controller, IPFire firewall image, lightweight Alpine Linux server templates, VPCS user nodes, and virtual hubs for Wireshark capture boundaries. Tested hypervisor passthrough and handed over an isolated sandbox with full administrative access for independent topology design and testing.
    Result
    Minimal emulation crashes or hardware constraints during testing. The student designed their full topology, executed OpenFlow benchmarks, and completed their final-year defense on schedule.
    Network engineering
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