BGP: The Border Gateway Protocol

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Learn the Fundamentals of BGP

Merit Network is pleased to host a three-day, hands-on course on the fundamentals of BGP, the Border Gateway Protocol. The workshop will be held Tuesday through Thursday, September 21-23, 2010 at Merit's offices in Ann Arbor. The workshop will be of value to network engineers, particularly those that may be responsible for managing multihomed networks.

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BGP is the core routing protocol of the Internet, essential for moving traffic between networks and vital for organizations that maintain connections to multiple networks. This course provides CCNA-level students with practical hands-on experience with the operation and configuration of the Border Gateway Protocol within a multihomed campus environment.

After a thorough introduction to the protocol, the role of BGP as an exterior gateway protocol will be explored by leveraging students' existing knowledge of interior routing protocols. Students will learn the most important configuration concepts to build redundant Internet connectivity to several ISPs using BGP and will learn the preferred methods of adjusting BGP attributes to achieve outbound load-balancing and internal stability.

Major course topics include:

Introduction to the role BGP plays in a multi-homed campus environment
iBGP and eBGP
BGP neighbors
Autonomous system paths
BGP attributes
Operation of iBGP
iBGP stability
Fully-meshed iBGP
iBGP loopback source
eBGP multihop
BGP decision process
Configuring BGP attributes with route-maps
BGP next-hop attribute behavior and configuration
Outbound BGP load balancing with local preference
Decision algorithms
Configuration of BGP route aggregation
BGP partial routes and BGP full routes
Multi-homed BGP connections to an ISP
Multi-homed BGP connections to two ISPs

Prerequisites

CCNA or equivalent
Proficient with Cisco access lists and wildcard masks
Understand concepts of routing protocols
Proficient with operation and configuration of OSPF and EIGRP on Cisco routers

About the instructor

This course if taught by Computer Data, Inc., a national provider of technical training and a Cisco Learning Partner. The workshop will be taught by Larry Mobley, an expert in BGP protocol. Larry has previously developed and taught courses on BGP for Cisco System Engineers as well as network engineers within enterprise organizations around the world.

Course cost and registration

The registration fee for attendees from Merit Member organizations is $1195. Attendees from non-profit organizations that are not Merit Members may attend for $1295. Others may register for $1495. Registration includes all training materials, continental breakfast, beverages and snacks.

Payment may be made by credit card, check or purchase order. Registration may be canceled up to 5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, August 27, 2010, minus a processing fee of $35. Cancellations are not available after August 27; substitutions are allowed if necessary.

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