RouterOS by Example, 2nd Edition Color - Softcover

Stephen R. W. Discher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692777903 ISBN 13: 9780692777909

Publisher: ISP Services, Inc., 2016

Synopsis

2nd Edition Color - If you are looking for an easy to read book on MikroTik RouterOS, this book is for you. RouterOS by Example covers all of the subjects presented in the MikroTik Certified Network Associate certification course, each explained through real life examples. This second edition is an update, with new examples created from Version 6 of RouterOS, and new material including a chapter on the switching functions of the CRS, Cloud Router Switches. From the author, Steve Discher "years ago when I downloaded my first copy of the RouterOS software, it didn t take long to realize the power I had at my fingertips and quickly learned to appreciate the numerous features this routing system performs to wow my clients. Unfortunately, the gap between the documentation and actually solving problems with this powerful tool was wide, and I saw a need for a complete, example oriented, textbook type guide. I have always been a hands on type of guy. I learn by doing and I teach through examples and have attempted to do that in this book. If you too want answers and are ready to enhance your solutions tool box , then you have picked a winner with MikroTik and RouterOS. This book is a second edition, but not just an update. It became necessary because a few things have changed in RouterOS since the first edition and so the book has been edited to include those changes. In addition, more tips and tricks are shared in this second edition.

About this title

About the Author

Stephen Discher is a serial entrepreneur and a 1987 graduate of Texas A&M University. He makes his home in College Station, Texas, with his wife and three children.  A native of Southern California, transplanted to Texas, he has been in the technology field since 1980 when he worked as a machinist and electrical technician at a company that built offshore cable handling systems while he was attending college. Upon graduation, he started his first company, Deck Systems & Equipment, designing and building custom equipment for the offshore Geophysical Industry. In 1993, he sold the company and began working as a consultant for numerous companies, all in the technology field. During this he learned a love for teaching working part time as an FAA Certified Instrument Flight Instructor.    In 1994 he earned an Airline Transport Pilot Rating, while flying full time as a corporate pilot and legal investigator where he earned a type rating in the Cessna Citation 500, a popular business jet.   During this time, he began teaching himself about computers and networking as the internet began a rapid evolution. He formally entered the telecommunications industry in 1999 by joining as a partner in American Cable Services, a telecommunications service company.  In 2003 he co-founded an airport management company or FBO, American Flight Services. In 2005, he sold his interest to his partners and began working as the Director of Operations for FIBERTOWN, a technology campus and Tier IV data center in Bryan, Texas. Simultaneously, he started Wickson Wireless, a WISP or Wireless Internet Service Provider in Bryan, Texas. During the next few years he earned all of the MikroTik certifications and became a MikroTik Certified Trainer. In 2010, he left FIBERTOWN to work full time at his WISP, Wickson Wireless and teaching MikroTik classes. In 2012, he sold Wickson Wireless and today works full time managing a wireless distribution company, ISP Supplies, and leading MikroTik training with LearnMikroTik.com. In his spare time, he enjoys flying his 1941 Piper J3 Cub, fly fishing, traveling and RV camping with his family.

Review

A must for RouterOS beginners...

Pros:
-Actual configuration examples and step-by-step setups
-extremely well-written and understandable
-Diagrams!
-Pictures!
-Doesn't feel like a rewording of the Mikrotik online manual

Cons:
-Didn't quite go into the detail I wanted about a certain topic, but that's just me.
-Wish certain things were more fine-grained with examples of WHY we are to do it this way

Get this first! --Brandini, Amazon verified purchaser

It has a very different approach from the official manual. The examples are very well documented. This was a great help for me. --By A.STAVRAKAKIS & SON CORP, Amazon verified purchaser

I purchased this book, because I decided that my IT firm should get into Mikrotik. This book enabled me to learn router OS and successfully deploy many many routers . --CG, Amazon verified purchaser

Edition details

• Publisher: ISP Services, Inc.
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0692777903
• ISBN 13: 9780692777909
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 451