BGP Traffic Engineering Techniques

Date: 04-05 May
Location: Online Tutorial
Venue: Online Tutorial

Synopsis

• Extending on our BGP Fundamentals, this 2-part course will take you through what it takes to favourably manipulate your traffic flows.

• We will explore different methods of curating, load balancing and multi-homing.

• This is not an introductory BGP class, and it is assumed that you have an understanding of the BGP protocol and basic operations.

• The Hands on Lab session, on day two, will expand on our BGP-TE Theory Session. In this instructor-led lab, you will put the theory into practice.

Target Audience

• Technical staff who are building or operating a service provider or enterprise network with international and/or multi-provider connectivity, and considering participation at an Internet Exchange point

Pre-requisites

• It is assumed that the workshop participants have a working knowledge of IP Routing, IGP, Basic BGP are comfortable with IPv4, basic linux commands and how to use a router command line interface.

• We recommend the following Academy courses be completed before the start of the tutorial:

• Routing Fundamentals: https://academy.apnic.net/en/course/routing-fundamentals-course/
• Deploying OSPF: https://academy.apnic.net/en/virtual-labs?labId=65520
• Deploying BGP: https://academy.apnic.net/en/virtual-labs?labId=69078

Other Requirements

• Software: SSH Client, Telnet Client (PuTTy)
• Confirm Secure SHell (SSH) is allowed from the office or home network to access the lab infrastructure? Test ssh connectivity, try to connect to route-views.routeviews.org. For example from the CLI type: ssh rviews@route-views.routeviews.org

Workshop topics

• BGP Traffic Engineering
• BGP Multihoming
• BGP Communities

Workshop Items

• Agenda (includes links to presentations and schedule)
• Instructors: Dave Phelan (APNIC), Md Abdul Awal (APNIC Community Trainer)
• Survey