MTCNA – Official Course Outline
Explore the nine training modules covered in the MikroTik Certified Network Associate course. Click each module to expand its topics.
01. Introduction to MikroTik
- Introduction to MikroTik, RouterOS and RouterBOARD
- First access to RouterOS
- WinBox, MAC-WinBox, WebFig and Quick Set
- Default configuration and Command Line Interface (CLI)
- Null Modem, SSH and Telnet access
- CLI navigation, history and help
- Initial internet configuration
- DHCP Client, LAN IP and default gateway
- NAT masquerade configuration
- RouterOS upgrades, packages and RouterBOOT firmware
- System identity, users and services
- Backups, configuration exports and system reset
- Netinstall, license levels and MikroTik support resources
- Practical lab exercises
02. DHCP
- DHCP Server and DHCP Client concepts
- DHCP Client configuration
- DHCP Server setup and configuration
- Managing DHCP leases
- Network configuration
- ARP concepts, modes and ARP table
- Practical lab exercises
03. Bridging
- Bridge concepts and settings
- Creating and configuring bridges
- Adding and managing bridge ports
- Wireless bridging
- Station Bridge configuration
- Practical lab exercises
04. Routing
- Routing concepts and fundamentals
- Understanding route flags
- Static routing configuration
- Managing routes and default routes
- Dynamic routes
- Static routing in a simple network
- Practical lab exercises
05. Wireless
- Wireless standards: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
- Frequencies, bands, channels and data rates
- Wireless chains, TX/RX and country regulations
- Wireless link configuration
- Access Point and Station modes
- Wireless security and encryption
- Access Lists and Connect Lists
- Default Authenticate and Default Forward
- WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK
- WPS configuration
- Wireless monitoring, Snooper and Registration Table
- Practical lab exercises
06. Firewall
- Firewall principles and fundamentals
- Connection tracking and connection states
- Firewall chains and actions
- Firewall filter rules
- Protecting the router (Input Chain)
- Protecting customers and networks (Forward Chain)
- Address Lists
- Source NAT, Masquerade and Src-NAT
- Destination NAT, Dst-NAT and Redirect
- FastTrack configuration
- Practical lab exercises
07. Quality of Service (QoS)
- Simple Queue configuration
- Target and destination settings
- Max-Limit and Limit-At
- Queue Bursting
- PCQ (Per Connection Queue)
- PCQ Rate and PCQ Limit
- Practical lab exercises
08. Tunnels
- PPP settings, profiles and secrets
- PPP status monitoring
- IP Pools, ranges and address assignment
- Securing local networks
- PPPoE service name, client and server configuration
- Point-to-point addressing
- Communication with remote networks
- PPTP Client and Server configuration using Quick Set
- SSTP Client configuration
- Practical lab exercises
09. Miscellaneous
- RouterOS tools and utilities
- Email configuration
- Netwatch
- Ping and Traceroute
- Profiler and system monitoring
- Interface Traffic Monitor
- Torch and Graphs
- SNMP and The Dude
- MikroTik support resources
- Supout.rif, autosupout.rif and Supout Viewer
- System and Debug Logs
- Readable configurations, comments and naming conventions
- Network diagrams
- Practical lab exercises