Written network reviews · coming soon

A senior engineer's second opinion on your network. In writing.

Send me screenshots or a sanitized config. You get back a ranked list of what could take you offline, and exactly what to change. Fixed price, no calls needed, and nobody logging in to your gear. 25+ years in networking, 700,000+ views teaching it.

How it works

Know what you'll send before you pay.

  1. 01

    Check what you'll send

    Screenshots of your admin pages, or a text config export, with passwords and keys removed. Plus a 5-line note and a rough diagram. See the list for your gear →

  2. 02

    Pay the fixed price

    Stripe checkout. Tell me your main gear and what to look at in one line.

  3. 03

    Email your files

    Reply to your receipt. Within 2 days I confirm the files are enough and the tier fits. If not, upgrade or get a full refund.

  4. 04

    Get the report

    In 7 or 10 days: risks ranked, fixes in order, a test and rollback for each. Then one round of questions.

Pick a review

Three sizes. One fixed price each.

No calls and no logins. After you pay, you email screenshots or a config export with passwords removed. See exactly what you'll send →

Single Change Review

fixed price · report in 7 days

One change or one problem on one site: a VLAN plan, a failover setup, a VPN, or a firewall rule set. Send it before you make the change, or when something feels off.

Coming soon

Full Site Review

fixed price · report in 10 days

One site, end to end: internet and failover, gateway, switching and VLANs, Wi-Fi, firewall, and VPN. The whole picture, ranked by what could take you offline.

Coming soon

Design Review

fixed price after a free 30-min call

Multi-site networks, or a design or vendor quote you are about to buy. A short scoping call, then one fixed price by email.

Coming soon

Reviews are not open yet. The scope above is set. Prices and ordering open together, and I will take up to 4 reviews a month. Follow the channel to hear when.

The report

What you get back.

Proven, publicly

The work is on the channel.

Over 700,000 views on IT Solutions Network, on exactly what I review: VLAN segmentation, multi-WAN failover, WireGuard remote access, site-to-site VPN, and zone-based firewalls. You can watch how I think before you buy.

Watch on YouTube →

To be clear

What this is not.

If you want someone to run your network day to day, you want a managed IT provider. This is the second opinion you get before you change it, or after someone else built it.

Questions

Before you buy.

Do we need to get on a call?

No. You send screenshots or a sanitized config, I send a written report. The only call is the free scoping call for a Design Review.

What do I send?

A short note about the business, a rough diagram, and screenshots or a config export with the passwords and keys removed. The exact list for each platform is on the what you'll send page, so you can check it before you buy. Never send passwords, keys, or a UniFi backup file.

What if my network is bigger than the tier I bought?

I tell you within 2 days of getting your files. You can upgrade and pay the difference, or get a full refund.

What gear do you review?

UniFi, Cisco IOS and IOS-XE, MikroTik, EdgeRouter, GL.iNet and OpenWrt, and WireGuard on any of them. Something else? Buy anyway. If I can't review it, you get a full refund within 2 days.

Can you review what our IT provider set up?

Yes. A second opinion on someone else's work is one of the best reasons to buy this. The report is yours to share with them.

Why don't you just log in and fix it?

Because then I'd be part of your network, and you'd need me every time it changes. You get the exact steps, in order, with a test and a rollback for each. Anyone comfortable in your admin panel can apply them.

Is this really all remote?

Yes. Everything happens by email. No on-site visits, wherever you are.

Design Review

Scoping calls coming soon.

For multi-site networks, or a design or quote you are about to buy. The calendar opens when reviews open.

The fine print

Terms.

This is advisory work. You get a written review and one round of follow-up questions within 14 days of delivery. The review is based only on the files you send. I don't verify them against your live network, so anything not visible in those files is outside the review. I don't access your network and I don't make changes. You decide what to apply and you apply it, after backing up your config, ideally in a maintenance window. I'm not responsible for changes you make or for outages on your network, and my total liability for this engagement is limited to the fee you paid. There is no ongoing support after the follow-up window closes. Refunds: if your network is bigger than the tier you bought, or I can't review your gear, you get a full refund within 2 days of sending your files. After the report is delivered, there are no refunds. With your permission only, I may publish an anonymized version of a finding (no names, no locations, nothing identifying). Saying no changes nothing about your review.