RouterOS for people who learned on IOS
The concepts transfer. The assumptions do not, and a few of them will bite.
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Three vendors, one idea, three dialects
Once you see the shared model underneath, moving between vendors stops being retraining.
Convergence: measuring what your network actually does
Everyone claims sub-second failover. Very few have measured it.
Default routes and the black holes they create
A default route means "send it here and hope". Sometimes hope is misplaced.
VRFs: separation without separate hardware
One router, several routing tables that cannot see each other. Where that helps and what it costs.
Static routes: when they are the right answer
Dynamic routing is not automatically better. Sometimes the static route is the professional choice.
Administrative distance, explained properly
It is not a metric and it never leaves the router. That is the whole idea.
Route redistribution and the loops it creates
Two protocols feeding each other at two points will create a loop. Here is how to stop it.
BGP for people who run a single uplink
You may not need BGP. If you do, the parts that matter are few.
When OSPF neighbours will not form
The adjacency state tells you which check failed. Work the list in order.