Reverse engineering hardware back from the dead.https://salvagedsilicon.com/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-breaking-free-from-rfc1918-how-ipv6-simplifies-vpn-design/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-breaking-free-from-rfc1918-how-ipv6-simplifies-vpn-design/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-cbrs-is-the-innovation-band-and-after-integrating-it-into-my/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-cbrs-is-the-innovation-band-and-after-integrating-it-into-my/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTcbrsprivate-lteopen5-gsgoogle-sasnetworkinghomelabwirelesswi-fi7tech-refreshhttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-from-crypto-speculation-to-core-network-building-a-private-l/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-from-crypto-speculation-to-core-network-building-a-private-l/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThomelabcbrsprivate-lteopen5-gsnetworkinginfrastructurehealth-techprivate5-gopen-sourcetelecommunicationshttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-hardware-hacking-rooting-the-baicells-nova-227/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-hardware-hacking-rooting-the-baicells-nova-227/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTcbrsprivate-ltehardware-hackingbaicellsnetworkinghomelabinfrastructureopen5-gshttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-it-s-a-frustrating-conversation-i-see-online-all-too-often-a/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-it-s-a-frustrating-conversation-i-see-online-all-too-often-a/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTipv6ispinternetfuture-of-technetworkingdigital-divideinnovationtechitinfrastructurehttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-make-the-internet-your-underlay-and-ipv6-your-overlay/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-make-the-internet-your-underlay-and-ipv6-your-overlay/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTipv6tailscalenetworkingnat64dns64ipoverlapcgnatmobile-vpntech-tiphttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-my-new-network-ritual-traceroute-first-connect-later/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-my-new-network-ritual-traceroute-first-connect-later/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTnetworkinghome-labtraceroutetailscalevpnnetwork-engineeringboston-techinternet-infrastructuresys-adminroutinghttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-the-invisible-effort-behind-your-signal/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-the-invisible-effort-behind-your-signal/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTrfengineeringdassubway-systemspimwirelessltefield-engineeringtransit-techtelecomhttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-the-linux-on-my-switch-dream-a-reverse-engineering-journey/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-the-linux-on-my-switch-dream-a-reverse-engineering-journey/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTlinuxreverse-engineeringbroadcomopen-sourcenetworkingsystems-engineeringaihardware-hackingedgecorehomelabembedded-systemshttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-the-open-networking-dream-vs-the-homelab-reality/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-the-open-networking-dream-vs-the-homelab-reality/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTnetworkinghomelabopen-sourceedgecorelinuxwhitebox-switchingbroadcomreverse-engineeringembedded-systemstech-communityewastedisaggregationhttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-the-reality-of-building-a-network-os-from-reverse-engineerin/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-the-reality-of-building-a-network-os-from-reverse-engineerin/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTnetworkingopen-sourceedgecoreembedded-systemsreverse-engineeringl2-l3hardware-hackinginfrastructure-architecthttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-when-the-internet-goes-down-how-a-20-usb-adapter-and-an-old-/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-when-the-internet-goes-down-how-a-20-usb-adapter-and-an-old-/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTnetwork-securityproblem-solvingitmanagementpf-sensebusiness-continuitytech-leadershipnetworkingcyber-securitysystems-administrationdisaster-recoveryitsupporttech-solutionsfirewallnetwork-adminopen-sourcetechnology-managementcrisis-managementleadershipteam-workitinfrastructuretech-lifehttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-you-might-be-using-ipv6-right-now-and-not-even-know-it/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-15-you-might-be-using-ipv6-right-now-and-not-even-know-it/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTipv6networkingmobileappletelecominternethttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/deep-dives/twenty-five-dollar-switch-to-linux-6-1/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/deep-dives/twenty-five-dollar-switch-to-linux-6-1/An enterprise switch abandoned on a 2019 kernel — climbed one LTS at a time to a current, security-maintained Linux 6.1, with our own from-scratch NOS driving the Broadcom ASIC.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTreverse-engineeringedgecorebroadcomlinux-kernelembedded-linuxe-wasteedgenoshttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-14-the-last-software-this-switch-could-run-was-from-the-linux-3/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-14-the-last-software-this-switch-could-run-was-from-the-linux-3/Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-11-how-does-an-open-source-nos-actually-drive-a-switch-asic-fro/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-11-how-does-an-open-source-nos-actually-drive-a-switch-asic-fro/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-09-ospf-adjacency-full/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-09-ospf-adjacency-full/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-08-a-52-port-data-center-switch-with-nothing-wrong-with-it-e-wa/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-08-a-52-port-data-center-switch-with-nothing-wrong-with-it-e-wa/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-08-i-ve-plugged-in-thousands-of-sfps-over-the-years-slot-it-in-/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-08-i-ve-plugged-in-thousands-of-sfps-over-the-years-slot-it-in-/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTsfphttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-01-that-white-unit-on-the-tower-is-something-most-engineers-in-/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/field-notes/2026-06-01-that-white-unit-on-the-tower-is-something-most-engineers-in-/Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/deep-dives/the-ghost-in-the-network-switch/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/deep-dives/the-ghost-in-the-network-switch/On the Edgecore AS5610, even the port LEDs are a distributed computing problem — two stack-machine micro-engines running bytecode the main CPU never touches.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTreverse-engineeringembedded-systemsbroadcomedgecorelinux-kernelasichttps://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/deep-dives/edgenos-first-packet/https://salvagedsilicon.com/posts/deep-dives/edgenos-first-packet/Five packets sent, five received — across a Broadcom Trident+ ASIC programmed without the proprietary SDK. The milestone, and the ten undocumented walls it took to get there.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTreverse-engineeringbroadcomedgecorebare-metalpacket-iodmaembedded-linuxedgenos