
Explore why routing matters in networks and the router's core functions, then learn to configure static, default, and floating routes through hands-on labs.
Explain why routing is essential for scalable networks. Show how routers use IP-based routing tables to forward packets beyond switches, avoiding broadcast storms and mac address table overload.
Compare static and dynamic routes and learn where to apply each in MikroTik RouterOS v7. See how to configure static and default static routes.
Compare static and dynamic routing by configuring static and default routes, or enabling a dynamic routing protocol to learn networks and provide fast convergence and redundancy.
Configure static routes and a default route on MikroTik RouterOS v7 to enable communication between networks via a bridge interface.
Explore floating static routes, selecting a primary and backup path to a network. See how traffic switches to the backup when the primary fails, and preview RouterOS v7 configuration.
Explore static floating routes to create a primary and backup link between networks, using administrative distance to trigger failover on RouterOS v7 in a two-link lab.
Learn equal cost multipath routing (ECMP) fundamentals, assess benefits and drawbacks, compare PCC with other load-balancing options, and follow a MikroTik RouterOS v7 ECMP lab.
Explore equal cost multipath routing (ecmp) and per-connection load balancing using round-robin across two ISPs, configure next-hop and forwarding tables, and understand potential DNS and routing table flush issues.
Configure equal cost multipath routing across two internet links on mikroTik RouterOS v7, enabling dhcp clients on both interfaces, applying masquerade, and verifying ECMP load balancing with speed tests.
Understand how link-state routing works, including link-state advertisements, the link-state database, and the SPF (Dijkstra) algorithm to compute optimal paths.
Explore how OSPF hello packets initiate neighbor relationships, highlighting required matches on hello interval, area ID, authentication password, and stop area flags, with hands-on lab in MikroTik RouterOS v7.
Explore how RouterOS v7 unified OSPF configuration and routing concepts, including a global router ID, unified SPF, interface template, and process isolation that improves stability over v6.
Configure OSPF on MikroTik RouterOS v7, establish area zero backbone, advertise networks, and form neighbors. Secure MD5 authentication for hello packets and verify reachability.
Learn how the designated router and backup designated router are elected in RouterOS v7, using priority first, then router-id, with manual IDs or loopback IPs to decide per segment.
Learn how DR and BDR roles are elected in a MikroTik RouterOS v7 lab, adjust priorities, and observe fast transitions when changing interface types and zeroing priority.
Explore why multiple OSPF areas matter, keeping the backbone small and localizing SPF processing and link-state databases within each area. Identify ABR, ASBR, and SBIR roles in inter-area routing.
Configure a multi-area OSPF lab on MikroTik RouterOS with area zero and area one, create an area border router, advertise networks across areas, and verify reachability with pings.
Learn how to perform OSPF multi-area route aggregation by creating a summary address on the ABR to replace multiple networks with a single route, reducing routing table entries.
Configure OSPF passive interfaces to advertise a connected network while suppressing hello packets and neighbor formation. Validate by enabling the passive setting, then removing it to restore full neighbor discovery.
Learn how to advertise a default route in an OSPF network on MikroTik RouterOS v7, using original default originate or redistribution, and ensure internet access with NAT masquerade.
Demonstrate how to locate and identify the five lsa types in MikroTik RouterOS v7, including type 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, with type 7 not used.
Explore the four types of stub areas in OSPF, stop, totally stop, NSA, and totally NSA, and how they handle type 3 summary and type 5 external routes.
Configure stop, totally stop, not so study area, and totally not so study area in MikroTik RouterOS v7, and observe type-5 external routes and default routes behavior.
Learn to configure a virtual link in OSPF on MikroTik RouterOS v7 to connect area two to area zero via a transit area, and verify routes with pings.
Enable layer three hardware offloading on RouterOS v7 devices, such as CRS switches, to offload traffic from the CPU, demonstrated on router two and router three with OSPF.
This is a bootcamp course containing my published 2 courses on udemy as following:
Course 1: Learn MikroTik Route with Hands-on LABS from scratch
Course 2: OSPF on MikroTik with LABS (RouterOS v7)
P.S: If you have already purchased those 2 courses separately, please do not buy this course.
Many students who want to learn Routing on MikroTik they also want to learn OSPF. For this reason, I have combined those 2 courses into a single one so you can can profit from a lower price and you can gain routing knowledge on MikroTik in just 1 course.
In this course, you will have many LABS in which you can repeat them later at home to master the topics learned from this course.
Topics covered are based on Routing in MikroTik such as: Static Route, Default Route, ECMP, Static Floating Route and all details topics of OSPF. All those topics are explained in a very simple way and then each topic has a practical Lab.
So, if you want to become a MikroTik Routing guru, by purchasing this course you will have knowledge of all Internal Routing protocols that you need to know in MikroTik.
You will have lifetime access to this course, so you can watch it as much as needed.
I hope that you will enjoy my course.