Awesome Networking [](https://awesome.re)

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An awesome collection of courses, books, tutorials, software, and other resources about networking.

TCP/IP Protocols

Note: Links without description are official RFCs from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

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.

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.
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.

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
What Is My IP - A tool for quickly checking your public IPv4 and IPv6 addresses on desktop and mobile, built with privacy and usability in mind.
IPv6 / IPv4 Connectivity Test - A browser-based tool to test IPv4/IPv6 connectivity, measure protocol latency, check dual-stack readiness, and score your network's IPv6 deployment.
NetworkWhois - Free online network diagnostic tools (IP WHOIS, DNS records lookup, DNS propagation, reverse DNS, blacklist checks, SSL checker, website status, and more).

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.

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.

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.

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.

ftagent-lite - Lightweight open-source DDoS traffic monitor for Linux. Per-packet inspection, detects attack types in real time. MIT license.

Nmap - A free and open source software for network discovery and security auditing.
Zenmap - The official Nmap Security Scanner GUI.
Draw.io - An open source software for creating network diagrams and topologies.
idle-less - A Docker-based nginx reverse proxy that wakes sleeping servers via Wake-on-LAN (WoL), enabling energy-efficient homelab setups by letting machines power down when idle.

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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