Labs
You configure real routers, not screenshots
Every lab here is a device you have to configure and a result you have to prove. The equipment is virtual; the commands, the mistakes and the troubleshooting are the same ones you'll make on a live network.
How a lab runs
- 01 Open the lab
Each lab opens as a workbook: the scenario it comes from, the equipment it needs, what you should be able to do by the end, the theory behind it, and the topology you're building.
- 02 Launch the rack
The lab environment docks inside the same page, beside the instructions — you don't juggle two windows or lose your place. You can widen it to 70% of the screen or fill the screen entirely, and close it without losing the lab.
- 03 Work the tasks
Tasks are ticked off as you go and the ticks are saved, so a lab survives a closed laptop. Every command is copyable — you're learning RouterOS and IOS syntax, not your own typing errors.
- 04 Check yourself
Each lab ends with a knowledge check. Answers are marked on the server, so nothing in the page gives the answer away before you commit to one, and you get told why an answer was wrong, not just that it was.
- 05 Move on
A finished lab counts towards its unit. A unit unlocks when every lab in the unit before it is complete — the order is the point, not an obstacle.
Where the labs run
The topologies run on our own lab servers and open in the browser — there is nothing to install and no licence for you to buy.
On campus you reach them over the classroom network. Studying remotely, you get a VPN profile and the same servers answer from wherever you are. Where a lab ships a starter topology file, you can download it and open it in your own copy of the tool instead.
What we don't do
- No auto-grading of your router config. The knowledge checks are marked automatically; the configuration itself is reviewed by your instructor. A script that ticks a box is not the same as someone telling you why your design is fragile.
- No exam dumps. Questions here are written to teach the material. They are not the certification exam and nobody should sell you those.
- No guarantee of a pass. The labs are the work; whether you do them is up to you.
Course outlines list every lab by name, so you can see exactly what you'd build.