An awesome collection of courses, books, tutorials, software and other resources about networking.
Note: Links without description are official RFCs from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
- DNS
- DHCP
- FTP
- HTTP
- UDP
- TCP
- IP
- Telnet
- SSH
- NAT
- Cisco Networking Academy Courses - A various networking courses (Essentials, CCNA, CCNP, etc.).
- CBT Nuggets - An excelent place to start with the courses on various topics (Cisco, Juniper, CompTIA, etc.).
- ipSpace - Contains excelent courses and webinars on various network topics, for both beginners and advanced people.
- GNS3 Academy - A various number of courses related to the networking with GNS3 software.
- The Complete Networking Fundamentals Course - The most popular Networking Essentials course on Udemy.
- Networking - A series of YouTube tutorials about networking by Eli the Computer Guy.
- Wireshark Tutorial for Beginners - TheNewBoston Wireshark Tutorial for Beginners.
- MikroTik WinBox Manual - The official manual for MikroTik's WinBox software.
- Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition) - Excellent book for beginners (and advanced people) in networking.
- Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume One (6th Edition) - A rich introduction book to the TCP/IP protocols and Internetworking.
- Network Security Essentials: Applications and Standards (6th Edition) - A practical survey of network security applications and standards.
- Beej's Guide to Network Programming - A free digital book about socket programming by Brian "Beej" Hall.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Networking Guide - The official Red Hat's networking guide for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- Practical Packet Analysis (3rd Edition) - An amazing book about analyzing network packets using Wireshark.
- Attacking Network Protocols - A Hacker's Guide to Capture, Analysis, and Exploitation by James Forshaw.
- Cisco Press - Cisco authorized book publisher where you can get all books and official guides for Cisco certifications.
- Wireshark - The most popular free and open source network protocol analyzer.
- tcpdump - A powerful open source command-line packet analyzer.
- Nmap - A free and open source software for network discovery and security auditing.
- Zenmap - The official Nmap Security Scanner GUI.
- GNS3 - A powerful free and open source network simulator.
- Cisco Packet Tracer - Cross-platform network visual simulation tool designed by Cisco Systems.
- pfSense - An open source firewall/router computer software distribution based on FreeBSD.
- WinBox - Official MikroTik GUI software for administration of MikroTik RouterOS.
- Online nslookup - An online DNS client to view and debug DNS configuration.
- Online whois - An online whois record tool for getting information about domains.
- OUI Lookup Tool - An online OUI lookup for searching vendors of MAC addresses.
- Draw.io - An open source software for creating network diagrams and topologies.
- Cisco certifications
- MikroTik certified training programs
- Juniper Certification Tracks
- CompTIA Network+
- Network Analysis - An awesome list of network analysis resources.
- Software Defined Networks (SDN) - An awesome list about Software Defined Network (SDN).
- Reddit Networking - Reddit group for networking.
- Network Engineering Stack Exchange - A question and answer site for network engineers.
- Server Fault - A question and answer site for system and network administrators.
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