BGP4 Routing Course
This course for beginners and moderately advanced participants covers the basic theory behind IP, routing and BGP4.
The course has a theory part and a practical workshop part in which groups of 2 people actually setup a BGP configuration on a router (Cisco, Brocade or Zebra) and configure transit and peering over an Internet Exchange with other course participants.
A laptop with ethernet is required to actively participate in the course.
With the course each participant will receive the book "BGP" as documentation to take home.
Theory Part (morning)
- Routing in general
(routers, subnets, routing protocols);
- What does BGP do & how does it work;
- IP addresses (address blocks, CIDR);
- PI/PA addresses and AS numbers
(how do RIPE requests work);
- BGP route selection mechanisms;
- Influencing BGP (route maps/policies);
- Peer groups;
- Tools (whois, looking glass);
- Recent issues (MD5);
- Question round.
Practical Part (afternoon)
- Activate BGP;
- Filtering and advertising outgoing
routes;
- Accepting and filtering incoming routes;
- Connecting to a transit provider;
- Setting up peering;
- Manipulating outgoing traffic (localpref);
- Manipulating incoming traffic
(AS path prepends);
- Peer groups;
- Filtering for security;
- Recent issues (MD5);
- Question round.
The course is generally held in the Haagse Hogeschool in the Hague, between 10:00 (AM) and 16:00 hours. The course has room for max. 10 participants.
Coffee, tea and lunch is included in the course.
If you already have the "BGP" book, please let us know in advance, and you will receive a 30 Euro on the course. Don't forget to bring it with you to the course in that case, as the book is used as reference material during the course.
Fax the Registration Form form to +31 (0)70 392 22 16. Once we have received it, we will inform you if your registration has been accepted. If the course is full we might refer you to a different date.
See our Pricing Sheet for the current charges.