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MikroTik RouterOS: Practical Networking

MikroTik routers run a great many schools, offices, hostels and small ISPs because they are cheap and powerful, but their menus are unforgiving. This course builds a working site router from a blank RouterOS v7 device: addressing, DHCP, NAT, a secure firewall, bridge VLANs, PPPoE, two ISPs with load balancing and failover, bandwidth management with queues, WireGuard and IPsec VPN, a guest hotspot, and the monitoring and troubleshooting tools that keep it running.

  • 34 lecturesabout 6.5 hours of video
  • 34 hands-on demoswith lab files to follow along
  • Beginner to intermediatelevel
  • RouterOS v7 with WinBox 4 and the CLIrecorded on

What you will be able to do

  • Configure a RouterOS v7 device from a blank configuration, safely
  • Build a firewall that protects the router and the network behind it
  • Design bridge VLAN filtering for staff, students and guests
  • Run PPPoE, two ISPs with PCC load balancing and recursive failover
  • Share bandwidth fairly with simple queues and queue trees
  • Connect sites and remote users with WireGuard and IPsec
  • Back up, upgrade and troubleshoot with Torch, sniffer and logs

Is this course for you?

Who it is for

  • IT staff in schools, offices and plants who have a MikroTik router or are about to install one
  • Small ISP and hostel network operators
  • Students preparing for MTCNA who want structured, practical labs

Before you start

  • Basic networking: IP addresses, subnets, gateway, DNS
  • A PC with 8 GB RAM, or any MikroTik device (hAP ax, RB5009 or similar)

Your lab

MikroTik Cloud Hosted Router (CHR) VMs in VirtualBox, VMware or EVE-NG (free, 1 Mbit/s per interface until licensed, enough for every lab), plus Linux client VMs. Optional: a real hAP or RB5009.

Curriculum

9 sections · 34 lectures · 404 minutes

01Getting started5 lectures · 46 min

Know RouterOS and reach the router safely.

  1. Welcome and the site we build
    5 min
  2. RouterOS, licences and hardware
    8 min
  3. WinBox, WebFig, SSH and the terminal
    12 min
  4. First steps that every router needs
    11 min
  5. Backup, export and upgrade
    10 min
02Addressing, DHCP and NAT4 lectures · 41 min

Get users online.

  1. IP addresses, interfaces and lists
    10 min
  2. DHCP client and server
    11 min
  3. DNS, NAT masquerade and first internet
    10 min
  4. Port forwarding (dstnat)
    10 min
03Firewall5 lectures · 61 min

Protect the router and the network.

  1. Chains, connection state and order
    13 min
  2. A secure baseline firewall
    14 min
  3. Address lists and blocking
    10 min
  4. Isolating VLANs from each other
    9 min
  5. Labharden the router
    15 min
04Bridging and VLANs4 lectures · 50 min

Run several networks on one switch and one router.

  1. Bridges and hardware offload
    10 min
  2. Bridge VLAN filtering
    15 min
  3. Trunk to a managed switch and access points
    10 min
  4. Labcampus VLANs
    15 min
05ISPs, PPPoE and two internet lines4 lectures · 48 min

Use two lines well and fail over cleanly.

  1. PPPoE client
    9 min
  2. Failover with recursive routes
    14 min
  3. PCC load balancing
    15 min
  4. Netwatch and scripts
    10 min
06Bandwidth management3 lectures · 40 min

Share the internet fairly.

  1. Simple queues
    11 min
  2. Queue trees and priorities
    14 min
  3. Labfair internet for a hostel or school
    15 min
07VPN3 lectures · 38 min

Connect branches and remote users.

  1. WireGuard site-to-site
    14 min
  2. WireGuard for remote users
    11 min
  3. IPsec with another vendor
    13 min
08Hotspot and wireless2 lectures · 25 min

Give guests safe, controlled access.

  1. Hotspot setup
    13 min
  2. CAPsMAN and wireless basics
    12 min
09Monitoring and troubleshooting4 lectures · 55 min

Find the cause fast.

  1. Logs, graphs and SNMP
    10 min
  2. Torch, sniffer and connection tracking
    13 min
  3. Common problems
    12 min
  4. LabFinal project: the whole site
    20 min

Your instructor

Adnan Ali

IT infrastructure specialist with more than 12 years in schools and industrial projects: 13 years running the network, firewalls, servers and learning systems of a 500+ user IB school campus, then site IT for a cement plant project. The labs in this course come from that day-to-day work, not from a slide deck.

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