FUNDAMENTAL NETWORKING
Start here. Build the networking foundations you need before configuring a FortiGate.
Open now and free: the full fundamental curriculum below. Each module is a hands-on challenge that builds the skill you will use in the simulator.
Binary Challenge
Master the 8-bit foundation of networking.
READY TO PLAYPLAY BINARY CHALLENGE →IPv4 Addressing
Move between dotted-decimal and binary until any IPv4 address is instant.
COMING SOONSubnet Masks
Understand mask lengths and how they divide a network into usable space.
COMING SOONSubnetting
Split networks and find host ranges quickly, without guesswork.
COMING SOONEthernet / MAC / ARP
Frame addressing and address resolution on the LAN.
COMING SOONPorts & Protocols
TCP/UDP ports and the protocols that rely on them.
COMING SOONVLANs
Separate broadcast domains at Layer 2, like a real trunk.
COMING SOONDefault Gateway / Routing
How hosts leave their own subnet and reach the wider network.
COMING SOONDHCP
Dynamic address assignment for end devices.
COMING SOONDNS
Name resolution — and why it is always the trailing edge of an outage.
COMING SOONNAT
Translate private addresses to reach the internet.
COMING SOONFundamentals Challenge
Put every module together in a final hands-on check.
COMING SOON