Learn Networking Free

Start with let's hack your home network // FREE CCNA // EP 9 (30 min, NetworkChuck), then Network Ports Explained (11 min, PowerCert Animated Videos). All 551 lessons here are free, from the teachers' own official uploads. You'll need home lab router, managed switch, rj45 crimp tool kit and a few more basics (about $220 of kit). The book to keep beside you: CompTIA Network+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide by Mike Meyers.

What you'll need

Home lab router: Practise configs on real hardware.
Managed switch: VLANs and ports to experiment with.
RJ45 crimp tool kit: Make and test your own cables.
Raspberry Pi: A tiny always-on lab server.

Lessons

let's hack your home network // FREE CCNA // EP 9 (30 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
Network Ports Explained (11 min, PowerCert Animated Videos, Intermediate)
What is a SWITCH? // FREE CCNA // Day 1 (23 min, NetworkChuck, Beginner)
what is an IP Address? // You SUCK at Subnetting // EP 1 (19 min, NetworkChuck, Beginner)
access EVERYTHING from your web browser!! (Linux and Windows Desktop, SSH) // Guacamole Install (30 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
stop trusting cloud cameras!! (here's what I use instead) (39 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
THIS Is Where the Internet Lives (18 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
we ran OUT of IP Addresses!! (17 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
Every Networking Concept Explained In 20 Minutes (23 min, TechWorld with Nana, Intermediate)
What is a ROUTER? // FREE CCNA // EP 2 (22 min, NetworkChuck, Beginner)
Your Remote Desktop SUCKS!! Try this instead (FREE + Open Source) (23 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
my SUPER secure Raspberry Pi Router (wifi VPN travel router) (31 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
what is TCP/IP and OSI? // FREE CCNA // EP 3 (12 min, NetworkChuck, Beginner)
your home router SUCKS!! (use pfSense instead) (46 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
Data Center NETWORKS (what do they look like??) // FREE CCNA // EP 7 (20 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
How TCP really works // Three-way handshake // TCP/IP Deep Dive (61 min, David Bombal, Advanced)
UniFi Dream Machine - the BEST WiFi router (Review and Advanced Setup) (28 min, NetworkChuck, Advanced)
you NEED to learn Port Security…….RIGHT NOW!! // FREE CCNA // EP 14 (23 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
build your own cloud (47 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
CompTIA Network+ N10-009 Full Certification Course (257 min, PowerCert Animated Videos, Intermediate)
FREE CCNA // What is a Network? // Day 0 (11 min, NetworkChuck, Beginner)
how the OSI model works on YouTube (Application and Transport Layers) // FREE CCNA // EP 5 (22 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
how to build a Raspberry Pi NAS (it’s AWESOME!!) (24 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
how to HACK a password // Windows Edition (12 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
my local, AI Voice Assistant (I replaced Alexa!!) (40 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
REAL LIFE example!! (TCP/IP and OSI layers) // FREE CCNA // EP 4 (17 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
the ONLY way to run Deepseek... (12 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
we’re out of IP Addresses….but this saved us (Private IP Addresses) (15 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
What is a Subnet Mask??? (you NEED to know it!!) (13 min, NetworkChuck, Beginner)
What is DNS? (and how it makes the Internet work) (24 min, NetworkChuck, Beginner)
you need to create a Cryptocurrency RIGHT NOW!! (Solana token) (43 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
you need to learn Load Balancing RIGHT NOW!! (and put one in your home network!) (43 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
Access ANY Network (remotely) (22 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
bad USBs are SCARY!! (build one with a Raspberry Pi Pico for $8) (21 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
ChatGPT Operator is expensive....use this instead (FREE + Open Source) (22 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
DO NOT design your network like this!! // FREE CCNA // EP 6 (20 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
fiber optic cables (what you NEED to know) // FREE CCNA // EP 13 (19 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
forcing my kids to make Ethernet cables // FREE CCNA // EP 11 (44 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
forcing my wife to learn Linux in 24hrs (11 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
how Hackers SNiFF (capture) network traffic // MiTM attack (19 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
i bet you can't do this (because you still suck at subnetting) (19 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
I got inside FIFA’s Secret World Cup Broadcast Network (31 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
sudo = POWER!! (managing users in Linux) // Linux for Hackers // EP4 (28 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
Switching back to Windows?!? (22 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
the most secure OS in the world.....I hate it (20 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
This New Device is 10x Better Than Your Router (23 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
you need a website RIGHT NOW!! (create a website for FREE) (17 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
You've been using AI Wrong (31 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
ChatGPT will make you better (12 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
CPU, GPU…..DPU? (14 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
ditch Google!! (build your own PRIVATE search engine) (18 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
Hackers infected the wrong girlfriend.... (27 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
how did I NOT know about this? (23 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
How TCP really works: MTU vs MSS (67 min, David Bombal, Intermediate)
I forced EVERYONE to use Linux (23 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
Linux on Windows......Windows on Linux (24 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
Spanning Tree Protocol | CCNA - Explained (12 min, PowerCert Animated Videos, Intermediate)
This AI Supercomputer can fit on your desk... (24 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
WAN....it's not the internet!! (sometimes) // FREE CCNA // EP 8 (26 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
You need a NAS RIGHT NOW!! (How I run my Hybrid-Cloud YouTube business) (23 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)

Books on Networking

CompTIA Network+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide by Mike Meyers - View on Amazon
Computer Networking by James F. Kurose - View on Amazon
Networking All-in-One for Dummies by Doug Lowe - View on Amazon
Data communications, computer networks, and open systems by Fred Halsall - View on Amazon
CCNA by Todd Lammle - View on Amazon