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MikroTik Certified Routing Engineer
The routing specialist step in the MikroTik path: how RouterOS selects and installs routes, advanced static routing with route distance and check-gateway for failover and ECMP for load-sharing, VLAN segmentation with 802.1Q trunks and inter-VLAN routing, and tunnels where EoIP uniquely carries Layer 2 while GRE and IPIP carry Layer 3 and PPP tunnels add authentication; then OSPF as a link-state protocol with adjacencies that form only when parameters agree, multi-area design connecting to the backbone, and deliberate route control through redistribution, filtering, cost and default origination.
What you get
Papers are cut from the bank and weighted like the real exam, and no question appears in two of them. Every wrong answer comes back on later days until you have it right.
What the exam covers
| Static routing, VLANs and tunnels | Not published |
| OSPF dynamic routing | Not published |
Two sample questions
1. What does a VLAN interface's name convention usually include?
- The parent interface and the VLAN identifier — correct
- The bridge the VLAN is filtered on
- The subnet the VLAN's clients use
- The site the VLAN belongs to
Why: Naming conventions are what make a configuration readable a year after it was built.
2. What does redistributing connected routes into OSPF do?
- Advertises the router's directly attached networks to the domain — correct
- Advertises the routes the router learned from OSPF neighbours as expected
- Advertises a default route on behalf of the domain
- Advertises the static routes configured on the router
Why: Redistributing everything connected usually advertises more than intended, which is what filtering is for.
The real MTCRE exam
| Length | 60 minutes |
|---|---|
| Questions | 25 |
| Pass mark | 60%, with a higher score qualifying for the trainer path |
| Price | Set by the MikroTik training centre delivering the course |
| Recommended before you sit it | The MTCNA is required before sitting the MTCRE. |
| Valid for | 3 years |
Exam facts as published by MikroTik; always check the vendor’s page before you book.
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