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 (7)
freeradius10
openwrt10
mesh-network10
openvpn9
websocket2
captive-portal2
lua2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
RADIUSdesk/rdcore
Jan 2022 - Aug 2022
A Cutting-Edge Management System for FreeRADIUS, OpenWrt, and Batman-adv Mesh Networks
Contributions:78 commits, 11 PRs, 625 pushes in 7 months
freeradiusmesh-networkopenwrtfreeradius-webinterfacemesh-networks
RADIUSdesk/openwrt-meshdesk
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
MESHdesk packages for OpenWrt
Contributions:22 commits, 1 PR, 88 pushes in 1 year
openwrtbatman-advcoova-chillicoovachilliwifi6
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