MTCNA

Mikrotik Certificate Network

Associate

By : Hemn Kamal
 About MikroTik
• MikroTik is a Latvian company.
• founded in 1996
• provides hardware and software for Internet
connectivity
• in 1997 to create the RouterOS software system.
• In 2002 they decided to make own hardware, and the
RouterBOARD.

RouterBOARD RouterOS
Product Categories
• Router
• Switches
• Wireless System
• Wireless for Home and Office
• RouterBOARD
• Enclosure
• Accessory
• Antenna
 MikroTik Certificates

• There is no direct exam. You have to

attend certification training & after
training you have to sit for online exam.

• Our MTCNA Course for learning MikroTik

base with LAB , also to preparation for Real
MTCNA Exam.
MTCNA Outline
• Module 1 : Introduction
• Module 2 : DHCP
• Module 3 : Bridging
• Module 4 : Routing
• Module 5 : Wireless
• Module 6 : Firewall
• Module 7 : QoS
• Module 8 : Tunnels
• Module 9 : Misc
 MTCNA
•Module 1 : Introduction
• Module 2 : DHCP
• Module 3 : Bridging
• Module 4 : Routing
• Module 5 : Wireless
• Module 6 : Firewall
• Module 7 : QoS
• Module 8 : Tunnels
• Module 9 : Miscellanies
What is RouterOS
• The Operating system of RouterBOARD
• Can be also installed on a PC.
• RouterOS is an operating system that will make your device
- Dedicated Router .
- User manager .
- Bandwidth controller .
- Packet filter.
-Any 802.11a,b/g,n,ac,ax wireless device
What is RouterBOARD
• Hardware created by MikroTik
• Range from small home router to Carrier-class access concentrators
hAP ac lite (ID: RB952Ui-5ac2nD)
Product Naming
Board Board Built-in- Connector Enclosure
Name Feature wireless Type Type

Type1 3-symbol name

• 1st Symbol stand for serious ( This can either be number or later)
• 2nd digit for indicating number of potential wired interface ( Ethernet , SFP , SFP+)
• 3rd digit for indicating number of potential wireless interface ( built-in, mPCI ,
mPCIe slot).
Type2 Wourd
OmniTIK , SXT , Netmetal, BaseBox , LHG , mNat box.
Type3 Exceptional naming
RB2011,3011,4011,1100,2004
Product Naming
Board Built-in- Connector Enclosure
Board Name
Feature wireless Type Type

• U - USB
• P - power injection with controller
• i - single port power injector without controller
• A - more memory and (or) higher license level
• H - more powerful CPU
• G - Gigabit (may include "U","A","H", if not used with "L")
• L - Lite edition
• S - SFP port (legacy usage - SwitchOS devices)
• e - PCIe interface extension card
• x<N> - where N is number of CPU cores ( x2, x16, x36 etc)
• R - MiniPCI or MINIPCIe slot
Product Naming
Board Board Built-in- Connector Enclosure
Name Feature wireless Type Type

Power per Number of

Band Protocols
chain Chains

• 5 - 5Ghz
• 2 - 2.4Ghz
• 52 - dual band 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz
Product Naming
Board Board Built-in- Connector Enclosure
Name Feature wireless Type Type

Power per Number of

Band Protocols
chain Chains

• (not used) - "Normal" - <23dBm at 6Mbps 802.11a; <24dBm at 6Mbps

802.11g
• H - "High" - 23-24dBm at 6Mbps 802.11a; 24-27dBm at 6Mbps 802.11g
• HP - "High Power" - 25-26dBm 6Mbps 802.11a; 28-29dBm at 6Mbps
802.11g
• SHP - "Super High Power" - 27+dBm at 6Mbps 802.11a; 30+dBm at 6Mbps
802.11g
Product Naming
Board Board Built-in- Connector Enclosure
Name Feature wireless Type Type

Power per Number of

Band Protocols
chain Chains

• (not used) - for cards with only 802.11a/b/g support

• n - for cards with 802.11n support
• ac - for cards with 802.11ac support
Product Naming
Board Board Built-in- Connector Enclosure
Name Feature wireless Type Type

Power per Number of

Band Protocols
chain Chains

• (not used) - single chain

• D - dual chain
• T - triple chain
Product Naming
Board Built-in- Connector Enclosure
Board Name
Feature wireless Type Type

• (not used) - only one connector option on the model

• MMCX - MMCX connector type
• u.FL - ultra media coaxial connector type
Product Naming
Board Built-in- Connector Enclosure
Board Name
Feature wireless Type Type

• (not used) - main type of enclosure for a product

• BU - board unit (no enclosure) - for situation when board-only option is required, but main product already
comes in the case
• RM - rack-mount enclosure
• IN - indoor enclosure
• EM - extended memory
• LM - lite memory
• BE - black edition case
• TC - Tower (vertical) case
• PC - PassiveCooling enclosure (for CCR)
• TC - Tower (vertical) Case enclosure (for hEX, hAP and other home routers.)
• OUT - outdoor enclosure
More Specific types OUT enclosures
• SA - sector antenna enclosure (for SXT)
• HG - high gain antenna enclosure (for SXT)
• BB - Basebox enclosure (for RB911)
• NB - NetBox enclosure (for RB911)
• NM - NetMetal enclosure (for RB911)
• QRT - QRT enclosure (for RB911)
• SX - Sextant enclosure (for RB911,RB711)
• PB - PowerBOX enclosure (for RB750P, RB950P)
Example : RB912UAG-5HPnD
• RB (RouterBOARD)
• 912 - 9th series board with 1 wired (ethernet) interface and 2 wireless
interfaces (built-in and miniPCIe)
• UAG - has USB port, more memory and gigabit ethernet port
• 5HPnD - has built in 5GHz high power dual chain wireless card with
802.11n support.
Example : hAP ac Lite ( RB952Ui-5ac2nD)
• RB (RouterBOARD)
• 952 - 9th series board with 5 wired (Ethernet) interface and 2 wireless
interfaces .
• Ui – U- has USB port, i - single port power injector without controller
• 5ac2nD – 52- Dual band 5GHz and 2 GHz, for card with 802.11ac
support, nD - dual chain wireless card with 802.11n support.
MikroTik CPU Architecture

• MIPSBE : SXT,CRS2xx,hAP,RB7xx, RB2011, BaseBox …

• SMIPS: hAP lite , hAP mini
• ARM : LHG , RB4011,SXT sq …
• X86 : RB230,X86
• TILE : CCR
• PPC : RB3xx , RB1100 , …
First Time Access
• Plug in Mikrotik router to the power source
• Connect ethernet cable to any port except port1
• If router have one ethernet port use this port
Access Mikrotik Router
• There are various ways how to connect to mikroTik Router
1. Accessing Command Line Interface (CLI) via (telnet , ssh, serial
cable)
2. Accessing Web based GUI (WebFig)
3. Using the Winbox configuration utility
( Download winbox from mikrotik website)
WinBox
• Small utility that allows administration of MikroTik RouterOS using a
fast and simple GUI.
• To connect to the Router , enter IP or Mac address of the router.
MikroTik Default configuration
• IP address 192.168.88.1/24
• Username is <admin> with <blank password>
• Most models have the ether1 configured as WAN and other ports
configured as LAN
WebFig and CLI
• To access the Router via Web brows the router ip address.
• To access the router via CLI , enter the IP address from putty
LAB-1.1
• Access your router via winbox (Mac address)
• Access your router via winbox (IP address)
• Access your router via web browser
• Access your router via CLI
• Observe the title bar when you connect using IP address
• Observe the title bar when you connect using mac address
Neighbor Discovery Protocol
• You can see all mikrotik router in your neighbor.
• You can save the managed router to access it essay .
• There are some options in winbox
Winbox Interface
MikroTik User and Password
• System>User>add
• Add user group
( full , write , read)
Lab-1.2
• Aceess to your MikroTik Router with admin user
• Create new user with group full
• Create new user with group write
• Create new user with group read
• Delete all user you created