Awesome Networking
A collection of awesome networking courses, books, tutorials and other resources
This page lists names, links and short descriptions. The original list on GitHub is the source and belongs to its authors.
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.
Networking from Scratch
289 hands-on lessons in C and Python covering the full network stack from raw bytes to eBPF.
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.
In 2 lists
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.
In 3 lists
Online whois
An online whois record tool for getting information about domains.
In 6 listsDetails
OUI Lookup Tool
An online OUI lookup for searching vendors of MAC addresses.
In 2 lists
MXToolbox
A large number of various tools (DNS lookup, MX lookup, Whois, SPF lookup, and more).
In 3 lists
who is my isp
isp lookup tool to check your ISP name
dnslookup
easy to use dnslookup tool
In 2 lists
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.
In 2 lists
NetworkWhois
Free online network diagnostic tools (IP WHOIS, DNS records lookup, DNS propagation, reverse DNS, blacklist checks, SSL checker, website status, and more).
Software and Tools >Packet capture and analysis
Tshark
A CLI version of Wireshark.
NetworkMiner
A network forensic tool for PCAP file analysis.
In 2 lists
Malware-Traffic-Analysis.net
A large collection of malicious PCAP files that can be used to practice packet capture skills.
In 2 lists
Publicly Available PCAP files
A list of publicly available PCAP files for additional training.
In 2 lists
PWRU (Packet, where are you?)
eBPF-based Linux kernel networking debugger.
In 3 lists
Software and Tools >Network simulators and emulators
GNS3
A powerful free and open source network simulator.
In 3 lists
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.
In 2 lists
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.
Open-IPv8-Lab
An experimental userspace IPv8 toolkit implementing draft-thain-ipv8-02 with CLI, routing simulation, and packet analysis.
NodalArc
An open-source satellite network emulator that runs real Linux routing stacks (FRR with IS-IS, OSPF, BGP, and MPLS) on top of moving LEO topology. Satellites are Linux network namespaces; orbital motion drives carrier transitions, link latency, and ground-station handoffs.
In 2 lists
Software and Tools >Firewalls and switches
pfSense
An open source firewall/router computer software distribution based on FreeBSD.
In 9 listsDetails
OPNsense
OPNsense is an open source, easy-to-use, and easy-to-build FreeBSD based firewall and routing platform.
In 10 listsDetails
Open vSwitch
Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer virtual switch licensed under the open source Apache 2.0 license.
In 2 lists
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.
In 5 listsDetails
FileZilla
An open source tool for file transfer. Support FTP, FTPS and SFTP protocols.
In 7 listsDetails
WinSCP
A popular SFTP client and FTP client for Windows.
SecureCRT
A commercial SSH and Telnet client and terminal emulator by VanDyke Software.
In 2 lists
WinBox
Official MikroTik GUI software for administration of MikroTik RouterOS.
Software and Tools >DDoS Detection and Mitigation
ftagent-lite
Lightweight open-source DDoS traffic monitor for Linux. Per-packet inspection, detects attack types in real time. MIT license.
Software and Tools >Other tools
Zenmap
The official Nmap Security Scanner GUI.
Link Budget Calculator
A free Windows GUI for RF and satellite link budget analysis with FSPL, ITU-R atmospheric models, sweep plots, and PDF reports.
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.
In 2 lists
Packet Test Bundle
A native Windows GUI bundling iperf2, iperf3, tshark, and ping for network bandwidth and latency testing with live charts.
Certifications
Miscellaneous
Network Analysis
An awesome list of network analysis resources.
In 6 listsDetails
Software Defined Networks (SDN)
An awesome list about Software Defined Network (SDN).
In 2 lists
Reddit Networking
Reddit group for networking.
In 2 lists
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.
In 3 lists
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Awesome Pcaptools
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