A Hands-on Tutorial on BGP
Internet2 Technology Exchange
Monday December 5, 08:30-11:30am
- University of South Carolina (USC)
- Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP)
- Engagement and Performance Operations Center (EPOC)
- Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel
- Denver, Colorado
Overview
This workshop provides hands-on experience on advanced topics in networking. It will focus on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). BGP is the de facto standard inter-AS routing protocol in today’s Internet. As such, it is a critical protocol for the Internet—in essence, it is the protocol that glues the whole thing together
Outcomes
By the end of this tutorial, attendees will:
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP):
- Describe the operation of EBGP and IBGP sessions with different attributes
- Understand Local Preference and MED attributes
Intended Audience
The tutorial is targeted to IT educators and professionals such as system administrators, network engineers, practitioners. The content is suitable for instructors who want to incorporate advanced material into their networking classes. The content is available for NETLAB systems.
Pre-requisites
Attendees are expected to know basic networking (IPv4, local area networks, OSI model). Training activities will be conducted using a virtual platform. Attendees will be provided with a username and a password.
Agenda
Monday, December 5
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 - 09:00 | BGP and Research and Education Networks (RENs) [PPT, PDF] | John Hernandez (FRGP), Jason Zurawski (EPOC) [Bio], Jorge Crichigno (USC) [Bio] |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Hands-on Session 1: Essentials of BGP, EBGP, IBGP [PPT, PDF] | Ali AlSabeh (USC) [Bio], Jorge Crichigno (USC) |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:00 - 10:40 | Brief overview of Local Preference and MED Attributes [PPT, PDF] | John Hernandez (FRGP), Jason Zurawski (EPOC), Jorge Crichigno (USC) |
| 10:40 - 11:30 | Hands-on Session 2: Local Preference and MED attributes [PPT, PDF] | Ali AlSabeh (USC), Jorge Crichigno (USC) |
| Survey [PPT, PDF] | ||