Shagor — Full 16 Week Roadmap

heyshagor@roadmap:~$ ./start_journey.sh

Starts Sat 28 Mar 2026 · Study: Sat–Thu · Friday = Off

Target Graduation: Thu 16 Jul 2026

Career Progress 0 / 16 weeks

Week 1 How the internet works 28 Mar – 3 Apr ▶

Sat 28

OSI model 7 layers NET

Sun 29

TCP/IP vs OSI
Python Setup PY

Mon 30

Encapsulation
Big-O Intro DSA

Tue 31

Vars & Functions PY

Wed 1

Review OSI
Time Complexity REV

Thu 2

Manual Lab PROJ

Tool to install this week:

Python 3.x + VS Code + Packet Tracer (free at netacad.com)

Week 2 IP Addresses & Subnetting 4 – 10 Apr ▶

Sat 4

IPv4 classes A/B/C NET

Sun 5

Subnet masks
Python: lists PY

Mon 6

Subnet math
Arrays DSA

Tue 7

Dicts & sets PY

Wed 8

Public/Private IP NET

Thu 9

Python Calc PROJ

week 2 Project: Subnet calculator

Input IP + mask → output network address, broadcast, usable hosts. Uses functions + binary math.

Week 3 DNS, DHCP & Web Ops 11 – 17 Apr ▶

Sat 11

DNS Flow NET

Sun 12

DHCP Intro
Errors PY

Mon 13

HTTP vs HTTPS
Stacks DSA

Tue 14

File I/O PY

Wed 15

Queues DSA

Thu 16

DNS Tool PROJ

Week 3 project: DNS lookup tool

socket.gethostbyname() to resolve a list of domains from a file. Save results to output file.

Week 4 Review & Network Pinger 18 – 24 Apr ▶

Sat 18

Review week 1 - 3 notes Review

Sun 19

Packet Tracer: connect 2 PCs via switch
Lab PY

Mon 20

Clean Python code stack & queue from scratch
DSA DSA

Tue 21

CCNA practics - 50 questions CCNA

Wed 22

Network pinger - start PROJ

Thu 23

Network pinger - finish + push Github Git

Month 1 project: Network pinger

Read IPs from file, ping each, save report. Your first GitHub portfolio piece!

Milestone: Network Pinger

Read IPs from a file, check if they are alive, and save a report.

Week 5 Routers & VLANs 25 Apr – 1 May ▶

Sat 25

Routing Tables NET

Sun 26

Python OOP PY

Mon 27

Linked Lists DSA

Tue 28

Inheritance PY

Wed 29

VLAN Config NET

Thu 30

Device Class PROJ

Week 6 TCP vs UDP & Ports 2 – 8 May ▶

Sat 2

TCP Handshake NET

Sun 3

UDP speed
Socket Client PY

Mon 4

Common Ports
Binary Search DSA

Tue 5

Echo Server PY

Wed 6

Wireshark Lab NET

Thu 7

Port Scanner PROJ

Week 6 project: Port scanner

Scan open ports on an IP using Python sockets. Applies TCP + loops + error handling.

Week 7 OSPF & Dijkstra 9 – 15 May ▶

Sat 9

Dyn Routing NET

Sun 10

Graph Basics DSA

Mon 11

BFS Algorithm DSA

Tue 12

DFS Algorithm DSA

Wed 13

Dijkstra code DSA

Thu 14

Path Finder PROJ

Week 7 project: Network path finder

Represent a network as a graph. Use Dijkstra to find shortest path between two routers — exactly how OSPF works.

Week 8 Review & CCNA Mock 16 – 22 May ▶

Sat 16

Review weeks 5 - 7 notes REVIEW

Sun 17

CCNA mock exam - 50 Qs CCNA

Mon 18

Solve 5 LeetCode easy problems LeetCode

Tue 19

Upgradeport scanner - add threading PY

Wed 20

Study weak CCNA topics from mock CCNA

Thu 21

Merge pinger + scanner → push GitHub Git

Week 9 Security & ACLs 23 – 29 May ▶

Sat 23

Firewalls NET

Sun 24

ACL rules
Argparse CLI PY

Mon 25

Hash Tables DSA

Tue 26

Subprocess PY

Wed 27

ACL Lab NET

Thu 28

Rule Checker PROJ

Week 10 Netmiko Automation 30 May – 5 Jun ▶

Sat 30

Netmiko Basics PY

Sun 31

GNS3 Setup NET

Mon 1

SSH Send Cmd PY

Tue 2

Regex Parsing PY

Wed 3

Multi-Device PY

Thu 4

Config Backup PROJ

Week 10 project: Config backup tool

SSH into routers via netmiko, run show running-config, save to timestamped files automatically.

Week 11 STP & Prim's MST 6 – 12 Jun ▶

Sat 6

STP prevents loops NET

Sun 7

Prim's MST logic DSA

Mon 8

Prim's in Python DSA

Tue 9

LC Graphs DSA

Wed 10

Root Bridge Lab NET

Thu 11

Topo Visualizer PROJ

Week 12 Network Audit Project 13 – 19 Jun ▶

Sat 13

Review all network weeks 1 - 11 Review

Sun 14

Full CCNA mock - 100 questions CCNA

Mon 15

Solve 5 LeetCode arrys + graphs LeetCode

Tue 16

Refactor all Pythons projects - clean code PY

Wed 17

Network audit tool - start Project

Thu 18

Network audit tool - finish + GitHub Git

Milestone: Audit Tool

SSH into devices, check port status, and generate a health report.

Week 13 Cloud & IPv6 20 – 26 Jun ▶

Sat 20

IPv6 Formats NET

Sun 21

AWS Boto3 PY

Mon 22

Tries Intro DSA

Tue 23

AWS API Calls PY

Wed 24

VLAN in Cloud NET

Thu 25

Sec Group List PROJ

Week 14 REST APIs & SNMP 27 Jun – 3 Jul ▶

Sat 27

Requests Lib PY

Sun 28

DNA Center NET

Mon 29

Merge Sort DSA

Tue 30

PySNMP library PY

Wed 1

Quick Sort DSA

Thu 2

SNMP Poller PROJ

Week 15 LeetCode + Job Interview Prep 4 – 10 Jul ▶

Sat 4

LeetCode: 3 array problems LeetCode

Sun 5

LeetCode: 3 string problems Write clean documented code PY

Mon 6

LeetCode: 2 graph problems LeetCode

Tue 7

Mock interview: OSI, TCP/IP, routing Interview

Wed 8

DSA cheat sheet + all notes review Review

Thu 9

Polish all GitHub READMEs Git

Week 16 Final Graduation Build - live network dashboard 11 – 16 Jul ▶

Sat 11

Plan dashboard: SNMP + Flask + SQLite PROJ

Sun 12

Build: SNMP polling backend PROJ

Mon 13

Build: SQLite database storage PROJ

Tue 14

Build: Flask server + HTML live stats PROJ

Wed 15

Test, fix bugs, final polish PROJ

Thu 16

Push to GitHub — Phase 1 complete! Git + Graduation

Final project: Network monitoring dashboard

Python + Flask + SQLite + SNMP. Polls devices, stores history, displays live stats in browser. Proves networking + Python + DSA to any employer in the world.

Full Network Dashboard

Python + Flask + SNMP + SQLite. A complete monitoring UI.