- Course Overview
- Course Materials
Synopsis
The Advanced BGP course is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of the Complex aspects of BGP, the Protocol that supports the Global Internet Routing Infrastructure. This course will cover Advanced Concepts, Configurations, and Operational Practices essential for managing and optimizing BGP in large-scale Networks, including Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Data Centers, and Enterprise Networks.
Target Audience
The target audience for an Advanced BGP Workshop typically includes the Network Engineers and Administrators, Network Architects, System Administrators, IT Professionals, Data Center Operators, Cloud Network Engineers, Network Security Specialists, Students and Researchers.
Pre-requisites
The audience must have a basic understanding of Network Operations, Internet Technologies, OSI Reference Model and TCP/IP Model, and a good understanding of any IGP typically OSPF. In addition, the participants should be able to:
- 1. Use a Command Line Interface (CLI) to configure Routers.
- 2. Basic MikroTik Command Line (CLI) Skills.
- 3. Considerable knowledge of MikroTik RouterOS v7.
- 4. Basic understanding of Linux Platform.
Course Outline
- • Introduction to BGP [Quick Overview of BGP]
- • BGP Basics [BGP Messages, BGP Path Selection]
- • BGP Neighbor Relationships [Stages/States]
- • BGP Configuration [Router Configuration for BGP]
- • BGP Attributes
- • BGP Scaling Techniques with Route Reflector
- • BGP Multihoming
- • Route Aggregation and Summarization
- • BGP Traffic Engineering
- • BGP Automation [bgpq3/4]
- • AS PATH Filtering [Regular Expression]
- • BGP Communities
- • BGP Multi IXP Policies
- • RTBH [Remote Triggered Blackholing]
- • Routing Security [Basic of RPKI, Routinator]
Other Requirements
- • Audiences must bring their own Laptop Computers and have Administrative access to system for any Software installations.
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• Required Software:
- o Winbox – https://mikrotik.com/download
- o SSH Client (e.g. PuTTY) – (Click Download PuTTY)