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Beginner1 day / 4 to 6 guided hourspublished

Routing and Switching: Beginner

Learn IP addressing, VLAN concepts, static routing, and packet troubleshooting.

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Audience

  • Self-paced technical learners
  • Instructor-led cohorts
  • Enterprise teams preparing staff for hands-on operations

Prerequisites

  • Basic computer literacy
  • Ability to follow browser-based lab instructions

Outcomes

  • Provision an isolated routing and switching lab from template metadata.
  • Use snapshots, rollback, validation checks, and teardown safely.
  • Explain how FRRouting, Containerlab, Linux fit into an enterprise training environment.
  • Produce evidence that an instructor or admin can review.
Course plan

Modules and labs

Each module maps to provisioned lab work, validation evidence, reset/rollback policy, and instructor visibility.

Module 1

Foundations

Routing and Switching Beginner lab 1
Module 2

Guided build

Routing and Switching Beginner lab 2
Module 3

Validation and reflection

Required templates

Routing/switching simulation node

defined

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS plus FRRouting/Containerlab

TODO: Add EVE-NG/GNS3 only if licensing permits; FRRouting/Containerlab is the default.

Ubuntu Server 24.04

available

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS cloud image

Validation checks

Routing path works

Traffic follows the intended lab path and reaches the expected service.

Linux SSH reachable

SSH handshake succeeds with the issued short-lived credential.