beginner

Networking Fundamentals

Start from zero — computers, addresses, packets, and the devices that move them — and build the mental model everything else in the academy relies on.

6-8 hours 3 modules

What this course covers

This is the course everything else in Learn.GTArsenals assumes you’ve either taken or already know. It builds the vocabulary and mental models used throughout the academy: what a network actually is, how the OSI and TCP/IP models describe it, how devices are identified and addressed, and how the devices on a network (switches, routers, firewalls, access points) each do a distinct job.

You won’t configure anything vendor-specific here — that starts in MikroTik RouterOS 7 Fundamentals. This course is deliberately vendor-neutral, because the concepts apply everywhere.

Who this is for

Someone who can use a computer comfortably but has never had to think about how two computers actually talk to each other.