awesome-networking
by facyber
A collection of awesome networking courses, books, tutorials and other resources
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Networking resource hub
A curated collection of resources on networking fundamentals and advanced topics.
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TCP/IP Protocols
Courses
- Cisco Networking Academy Courses
A various networking courses (Essentials, CCNA, CCNP, etc.)
- CBT Nuggets
An excellent place to start with the courses on various topics (Cisco, Juniper, CompTIA, etc.)
- ipSpace
Contains excellent courses and webinars on various network topics, for both beginners and advanced people
- GNS3 Academy
A various number of courses related to networking with GNS3 software
- The Complete Networking Fundamentals Course
The most popular Networking Essentials course on Udemy
Tutorials
- 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
Books
- 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
- Automate Your Network: Introducing the Modern Approach to Enterprise Network Management
Probably one of the best books for network automation by John W. Capobianco
- Acing the CCNA Exam
A comprehensive, detailed guide to passing the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) exam by Jeremy McDowell
Software and Tools / Online tools
- 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
- MXToolbox
A large number of various tools (DNS lookup, MX lookup, Whois, SPF lookup, and more)
- who is my isp
isp lookup tool to check your ISP name
- dnslookup
easy to use dnslookup tool
Software and Tools / Packet capture and analysis
- Wireshark
The most popular free and open source network protocol analyzer
- Tshark
A CLI version of Wireshark
- tcpdump
A powerful open source command-line packet analyzer
- NetworkMiner
A network forensic tool for PCAP file analysis
- Malware-Traffic-Analysis.net
A large collection of malicious PCAP files that can be used to practice packet capture skills
- Publicly Available PCAP files
A list of publicly available PCAP files for additional training
PWRU (Packet, where are you?)
eBPF-based Linux kernel networking debugger
Software and Tools / Network simulators and emulators
- GNS3
A powerful free and open source network simulator
- Cisco Packet Tracer
Cross-platform network visual simulation tool designed by Cisco Systems
- EVE-NG
A powerful network simulator. Both Community and Professional editions are available
- Cisco Modeling Labs
An online platform that helps network engineers simulate the behavior of Cisco routers, switches, and access points. It is intended for customers from enterprise backgrounds
- Cisco Virtual Internet Routing Lab (VIRL)
It is a Cisco IOS-based comprehensive network simulation environment. It is intended for all individuals and trainees
- ContainerLab
A tool to build network topologies using containers
Software and Tools / Firewalls and switches
- pfSense
An open source firewall/router computer software distribution based on FreeBSD
- OPNsense
OPNsense is an open source, easy-to-use, and easy-to-build FreeBSD based firewall and routing platform
- Open vSwitch
Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer virtual switch licensed under the open source Apache 2.0 license
Software and Tools / Remote access and sharing tools
- Remmina
An open source remote access tool. It supports RDP, SSH, VNC, and other protocols for remote access
- PuTTY
One of the most popular SSH and Telnet clients for Windows
- FileZilla
An open source tool for file transfer. Support FTP, FTPS and SFTP protocols
- WinSCP
A popular SFTP client and FTP client for Windows
- SecureCRT
A commercial SSH and Telnet client and terminal emulator by VanDyke Software
- WinBox
Official MikroTik GUI software for administration of MikroTik RouterOS
Software and Tools / Other tools
Draw.ioCertifications
Miscellaneous
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
- Reddit homelabbity
Reddit group for homelabs ideas
- 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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