Overall Objective:
After attending this track, students will be able to configure and operate large scale
networks that make up the Internet.

Who should attend: 
Technical staff who are now building or operating a wide area service provider
network or Internet Exchange point, with international and/or multi provider connectivity. Participants
are required to bring laptops.

Prerequisites:

  • Successful completion of a previous SOMNOG Network Infrastructure Workshop or similar
    training.
  • Attended previous routing courses (training organization, e.t.c.).
  • Experience of interior routing protocols such as OSPF.
  • Participants must have prior BGP experience.
  • Some user level Unix experience would be advantageous

Topics are expected to include:

  • Introduction to the RIP and EIGRP Routing protocol
  • Introduction to IPv6
  • BGP refresher, including attributes, policies, communities and best practices
  • BGP scaling techniques, including Route Reflectors and peer-groups
  • Techniques and strategies for multihoming using BGP
  • Introduction to peering and Internet Exchange Points

Registration is closed now