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Unit 1 · Hardware
What is a computer?
Binary
Data
Computer architecture
The CPU
Motherboard & buses
Memory
Storage
Booting up
Peripherals
Networks
Health & safety
Unit 2 · Operating systems
Unit 2 · Operating systems
What is an OS?
OS architecture
Comparing OSes
Software licences
Markdown lab reports
Virtualisation
Your first VM
Planning an installation
Verify an ISO
Installing Debian
Ubuntu Server
Installing Windows 11
Three installs compared
Package managers
Updates on Windows
Snapshots and recovery
Proxmox VE
Unit 3 · Networks
Unit 3 · Networks
MTCNA slides
Foundations
Foundations
How a message travels
Ethernet and switching
IPv4 addressing
Subnetting
Wireshark
Configuring TCP/IP
Cabling a LAN
MTCNA 1 · Introduction
MTCNA 1 · Introduction
Meet RouterOS
Lab 01-01 · Getting in
Lab 01-02 · Internet access through the class AP
Lab 01-03 · Packages, release channels and upgrades
Lab 01-04 · Your own brand
Lab 01-05 · Secure your router
Lab 01-06 · Backup, reset and restore
Lab 01-07 · Reinstall RouterOS with Netinstall
MTCNA 2 · DHCP
MTCNA 2 · DHCP
DHCP and DNS
Lab 02-01 · DHCP server
Lab 02-02 · Static DHCP leases
Lab 02-03 · Static ARP
MTCNA 3 · Bridging
MTCNA 3 · Bridging
Wired LAN
VLANs
Lab 03-01 · Bridge
Lab 03-02 · Bridge performance
MTCNA 4 · Routing
MTCNA 4 · Routing
Routing
Lab 04-01 · The default route
Lab 04-02 · Static routing
Lab 04-03 · Static routing through a neighbour
Lab 04-04 · ECMP
Lab 04-05 · Recursive routing and failover
MTCNA 5 · Wireless
MTCNA 5 · Wireless
Wireless LAN
Lab 05-01 · Wireless basics and your radio name
Lab 05-02 · Connect list
Lab 05-03 · Your own access point
Lab 05-04 · WPS
Lab 05-05 · Snooper, registration table and access list
MTCNA 6 · Firewall
MTCNA 6 · Firewall
Ports and firewalls
NAT and Internet access
Lab 06-01 · The input chain
Lab 06-02 · The forward chain
Lab 06-03 · Address lists
Lab 06-04 · Firewall logging
Lab 06-05 · Destination NAT
Lab 06-06 · Redirect
Lab 06-07 · Source NAT and masquerade
Lab 06-08 · Connection tracking
MTCNA 7 · QoS
MTCNA 7 · QoS
Lab 07-01 · Simple queue
Lab 07-02 · Queue to one server
Lab 07-03 · Guaranteed bandwidth
Lab 07-04 · Burst
Lab 07-05 · PCQ
MTCNA 8 · Tunnels
MTCNA 8 · Tunnels
VPN with WireGuard
Lab 08-01 · PPPoE client
Lab 08-02 · PPPoE server
Lab 08-03 · PPTP and SSTP
MTCNA 9 · RouterOS tools
MTCNA 9 · RouterOS tools
Troubleshooting
Lab 09-01 · E-mail from the router
Lab 09-02 · Ping and Netwatch
Lab 09-03 · The toolbox
Lab 09-04 · Graphs
Lab 09-05 · SNMP
Lab 09-06 · The Dude
Lab 09-07 · Logs, supout.rif and documenting the router
Beyond the MTCNA
Beyond the MTCNA
IPv6
SSH and TLS
Unit 4 · Storage
Unit 4 · Storage
Terminal and the tree
Finding information
Partitions: MBR and GPT
File systems
Mounting file systems
Windows Disk Management
LVM and RAID
Backups
restic and restore drill
Compression and encryption
Shell scripts
Scheduling tasks
RAID is not a backup
Unit 5 · Administration
Unit 5 · Administration
Back to the shell
Users on Linux
PowerShell first contact
Bash and PowerShell
Users on Windows
Password policies
Linux permissions
Special permissions and ACL
sudo and least privilege
Processes
Services and systemd
Logs and journald
Failed service case
NTFS permissions
Monitoring performance
Configuring by command
Cheat sheet
Maintenance
Development machine
Dependencies
Unit 6 · Network services
Unit 6 · Network services
Clients and servers
SSH remote access
Remote desktop
Samba file server
Share permissions
NFS
Print server
Containers
Images, volumes, ports
Composing services
User rights
Domains
Joining a domain
Users, groups and OUs
Group Policy
Why protect systems
Security utilities
Unit 7 · Documentation
Unit 7 · Documentation
Licence and purpose
Software needs
Git basics
Git remotes
Finding documentation
Docs as code
Office and collaborative tools
Email and messaging
File transfer
Calendar
Glossary
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