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MikroTik Basic - Module 1 based on the MTCNA training course
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MikroTik Basic - Module 1 based on the MTCNA training course

Introduction to MTCNA course: First time accessing your unit, software upgrades, default configuration, creating backups
Last updated 1/2021
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What you'll learn

  • Have a better understanding of who MikroTik is, and what they do
  • Attend the official MikroTik MTCNA course and exam with self-confidence and being prepared
  • Know how to configure a MikroTik by using the default settings in a home or small office environment
  • Know how to upgrade your MikroTik’s RouterOS
  • Know how to backup your MikroTik and what type of backups can be made

Course content

1 section10 lectures1h 0m total length
  • Course outcome and equipment needed1:09

    Learn MikroTik basics for module 1, including course outcomes and equipment; set up your PC, connect to the router, apply settings, manage IP addresses, upgrade OS, and back up configurations.

  • MikroTik company profile3:59

    Explore MikroTik's evolution from a small router and wireless ISP hardware maker to a global provider, its standalone operating system, and features like firewall, QoS, hotspot, and BGP.

  • First time accessing your MikroTik4:10

    Connect to your MikroTik for the first time using Winbox or the GUI via MAC address, ensuring a PC on the same subnet and the default IP 192.168.88.1.

  • Command line interfacing6:37

    Learn to connect to a MikroTik device via the command line interface, using telnet or ssh, access terminal mode, and navigate directories to view IP addresses and configurations.

  • MikroTik default configuration8:05

    Configure MikroTik in its default setup to connect to the internet, run DHCP on the bridge, and secure the wireless AP with WPA after resetting to defaults.

  • Updating the Router OS6:59

    Learn how to upgrade or downgrade the router operating system, select the correct package for your router series, and perform online or manual updates with verification and reboot procedures.

  • Router identity6:50

    Set the MikroTik router identity, secure the admin password, create group-based user roles, and enable or disable IP services such as API and SSL.

  • Backing up your MikroTik10:29

    Learn to back up MikroTik configurations using two methods—backup files and rtc exports—including password protection, restoring, and safe resets.

  • Resetting your MikroTik9:50

    Learn MikroTik resetting techniques, including restoring default configuration, preserving or clearing user settings, and reinstalling the OS with netinstall on the same network.

  • MikroTik license levels2:48

    Explore MikroTik license levels and labels, preloaded with lifetime upgrades and no extra fees, upload licenses via winbox, and review level 1–6 limits as tunnels, hotspots, and wireless access points.

Requirements

  • You need a physical MikroTik and a working break out to the internet like an ADSL router
  • A basic knowledge of IP v4 addressing and subnets.
  • Download and install the latest version of WinBox from the MikroTik website on you widows based PC, more advanced users can also run WinBox on their Apple Mac computers but do need a bit more network and virtual machine knowledge.

Description

An introduction to MikroTik, based on the official MikroTik MTCNA training. This course will give you the background knowledge and self-confidence to participate in module 1 of the official MTCNA MiktoTik training.

Each lecture will explain the theory and finish off with a lab exercise to enhance the knowledge just gained, converting it to practical know-how. 

Experience thought official MikroTik trainers that the first day in a class has the potential to change any good intended day into a very slow starting day if some participants PC still has company IT rules and firewalls enabled, blocking the use of Winbox or prohibiting the change of the PC's IP addresses.

This is exactly where this course fits in, it will assist you to get your whole system classroom-ready, it is not a full Mikrotik course, it is a guideline based on the official MTCNA course to make sure your PC has all the administrative rights, you have the latest WinBox installed and you can communicate with your MikroTik.

It also covers the content of Module 1 of the official MTCNA course and students working through the training will have the knowledge to answer a lot of the Module 1 questions cumming up in the MTCNA exam.

As this course is based on the curriculum of the official MTCNA training course, it can be used by any student worldwide to get them ready for day one of any official MTCNA course.


Who this course is for:

  • This course is based on the curriculum of the MikroTik MTCNA course. Any student wanting to do the official MikroTik MTCNA will value the content of this course in preparation of the official MikroTik training
  • First time user can follow the step by step instructions without any previous knowledge
  • Advanced users will find lots of information the do not use on a daily basis in preparation of the MTCNA exams