RouterOS

Following our discussions on the physical In/Out Interfaces in RouterOS packet flow, we are going to have a look at the three main types of expected network traffic, namely input, output and forwarded traffic. With different examples on our MTCNA home lab, we see the details of traffic behavior traveling between our devices and review the log records of these types of ongoing traffic.

The next module in MikroTik Canada's online MTCNA course deals with the interesting topic of firewall, and, in the first part of our introduction, we will discuss the packet flow diagram, its different sections, MPLS and Layer 2.5, as well as the position of the IN and OUT physical interfaces with regard to the direction of traffic flow.

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Address Resolution Protocol or ARP, for short, is one of the critical functions of the Internet Protocol Suite that is used to map Layer 2 MAC addresses to Layer 3 IP addresses. Since IP hosts also require each others' MAC (hardware) addresses for communication, ARP can be used as a layer of security.

DHCP or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a function for the easy and automatic distribution of IP host information across a network. In this video, we aim to provide you with a simple example to show the DHCP server setup process and set you for the practical implementation of DHCP servers and clients on our home lab network in the next tutorial.