LINX
training course contents
Basic BGP
IGPs, EGPs, What is BGP? BGP in/out process, BGP tables, peers, adding routes to BGP. Hands on: Simple BGP configuration.
The Internet and peering
Autonomous systems, AS numbers, ISP types, ISP network design, POPs, private vs. public peering. Hands on: AS information gathering.
Peer relationships
IBGP, EBGP, next hop self, advertising routes into/out of BGP, synchronisation. Hands on: IBGP, troubleshooting a large BGP network.
How BGP works
BGP operation, BGP headers, message types, soft reconfiguration, route refresh, route dampening. Hands on: More troubleshooting, packet analysis, dampening problems.
Route reflectors and confederations
Full mesh IBGP, RRs, design, migration, confederations. Exercise: RR configuration.
BGPv4 aggregation
CIDR, benefits, techniques, shortcuts, leaking routes. Exercise: CIDR with BGP.
BGP path selection
Attributes, route selection order, local preference, MEDs. Exercise: Influencing traffic with BGP.
BGP routing policies
What is policy? Example routing policies, route filtering, REs, applying preferences selectively, route maps. Hands on: Sophisticated policies.
Communities
What is a community? Names, community benefits. Hands on: Configuring communities.
RIPE
PI and PA addressing, Internet policies, RIPE database, objects, IRR, RPSL, routing policy in RPSL. Hands on: Querying the RIPE database.
BGP architectures
AS review, stub AS, transit AS, when to use BGP, multihoming, multihoming decisions, BGP load sharing. Hands on: Multihoming.
MPLS
Why MPLS? MPLS-TE, MPLS-VPN, how MPLS works, headers, architecture, label switching, LDP. Hands on: Configuring MPLS.
QOS
Traffic types, QoS types, Queuing, IP precedence, RSVP, Diffserv.
NAT
NAT, terms, operations, architecture, NAPT, NAT-ALG. Hands on: Configuring NAT.
TCP/IP security considerations
Types of attack, CHAP, Radius, Firewalls, proxy servers, VPNs. Hands on: IPSec.
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