Robert Larsen — Experienced Network Architect / Consultant (Wallingford, United Kingdom)
Robert Larsen — Experienced Network Architect / Consultant (Wallingford, United Kingdom)
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Brief Summary
Brief Summary
I have over 30 years’ experience in the IT industry, most of which has been spent in networking/telecoms in the UK/EMEA and NZ/APAC. I have worked in varied roles such as technical consulting, network design and architecture, pre-sales support, operational support and software engineering. I moved to New Zealand in 2008, where I worked in several roles before returning to the UK in 2022.
My experience has been gained in a wide range of organisations, from start-ups, through enterprises and to large service providers and telcos. I have worked in both team environments and on an individual and independent basis. In recent years, I have also done a lot of my work in the public sector.
Though performing hands-on work is not as regular as it used to be, it has been a strong element in my previous work, when I gained satisfaction from performing proof-of-concepts before deploying to production environments. I first started working with Cisco in 1994, and with Juniper in 1999.
I very much enjoy customer-facing roles since no two customers are alike, and so the variety this gives is always a challenge that I am keen to take on. Taking part in technical discussions with customers forms a key part of being able to fully understand their requirements, which is essential to being able to deliver a successful solution.
Latest News and Useful Articles — Updated: 28 May 2026 —
Latest News and Useful Articles — Updated: 28 May 2026 —
Ephemeral BGP leaks. [ipSpace]
Websites spy on visitors using SSD activity. [Ars Technica]
Cisco SONiC available to all customers. [The Register]
Centrality in the DNS. [Geoff Huston]
Kali365 phishing M365 account - no password required. [Bitdefender]
Identifying people using Wi-Fi routers. [Schneier]
OpenFlow deep dive. [ipSpace]
Top 3 packet tracer labs for CCNA. [ipCisco]
Dual-stack SR-MPLS. [ipSpace]
Cisco launches major certification update. [Lost In Transit]
Agentic AI setup - sandboxes and work trees. [ipSpace] [Mike McQuaid]
Basic IPv6 messages - Wireshark captures. [Weberblog]
A more comprehensive news/article list can be found on my networks sub-domain here.
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rob (at) larsenconsulting (dot) net
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