BGP and Peering Workshop

12 Mar 2018, 08:00 → 14 Mar 2018, 18:00 Africa/Lome

Salle Kéran (Hôtel 2 Fevrier)

Alain Patrick AINA (WACREN)

Workshop on BGP configuration and operation for NREN enginers with best current practices for peering with the WACREN network

Goal 
A 3-day BGP configuration and operation hands-on training workshop on building resilient NRENs with ISIS/BGP routing and peering with WACREN network.  Participants will learn REN architecture (Layer 2 and Layer3), basic IS-IS and BGP routing and best practices for traffic engineering and peering.

Target
Network/systems administrators and engineers from campus networks and NRENs.

Topics 
This workshop will cover:

• NREN and RREN Network design
• IGP design and best practices for networks operators
• BGP protocol, filtering and policy control
• BGP multihoming techniques
• Peering Best Practices
• MANRS Presentation

Pre-requisites

• Understanding of networking concepts
• Experience with IP routing (IGP and BGP)
• Familiarity with Cisco IOS configuration syntax.
• Laptop with wireless capability

Language

     English with interactions in French

Venue

     Hotel 2 Fevrier LOME-TOGO.

Slides NSRC_IS-IS_Lab.pdf

Monday, 12 March

08:00 → 08:30 Registration

08:30 → 09:00 Opening Ceremony + Logistics

Convener: Mr Alain Patrick AINA (WACREN)

09:00 → 10:00 Routing Basics Refresher: Lab Setup and static routing

Convener: Mr Jean Baptiste MILLONGO (ORANGE-BF)

slides https://nsrc.org/workshops/2017/ubuntunet-bgp-nrens/networking/nren/en/presentations/01-Routing-introduction.pdf Routing Lab Setup

10:00 → 10:30 Morning Break

10:30 → 12:00 Introduction to IGP and ISIS

Convener: Mr Patrick OKUI (NSRC)

slides https://nsrc.org/workshops/2017/ubuntunet-bgp-nrens/networking/nren/en/presentations/05-ISIS-introduction.pdf

12:00 → 13:00 ISIS Lab

Convener: Mr Patrick Okui (NSRC)

slides ISIS Lab

13:00 → 14:30 Lunch

14:30 → 16:00 Introduction to BGP

Convener: Mr Alain Patrick AINA (WACREN)

slides https://nsrc.org/workshops/2017/ubuntunet-bgp-nrens/networking/nren/en/presentations/00-BGP-Introduction.pdf

16:00 → 16:30 Afternoon break

16:30 → 17:30 iBGP Lab

Convener: Mr Jean Baptiste MILLOGO (Orange-BF)

slides Internal BGP Lab

Tuesday, 13 March

09:00 → 10:30 BGP attributes, filtering and policy control

Convener: Mr Alain Patrick AINA (WACREN)

slides BGP-Attributes https://nsrc.org/workshops/2017/ubuntunet-bgp-nrens/networking/nren/en/presentations/04-BGP-Policy.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Morning break

11:00 → 12:30 eBGP Lab

Convener: Mr Jean Baptiste MILLOGO (Orange-BF)

slides External BGP Lab

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 BGP attributes, filtering and policy control

Convener: Mr Alain Patrick AINA (WACREN)

15:30 → 16:00 Afternoon Break

16:00 → 17:30 Peering Lab

Convener: Mr Jean Baptiste MILLOGO (Orange-BF)

slides Peering Lab

Wednesday, 14 March

09:00 → 10:30 BGP Multihoming

Convener: Mr Patrick OKUI (NSRC)

slides https://nsrc.org/workshops/2017/ubuntunet-bgp-nrens/networking/nren/en/presentations/07-Simple-Multihoming.pdf https://nsrc.org/workshops/2017/ubuntunet-bgp-nrens/networking/nren/en/presentations/08-Advanced-Multihoming.pdf

10:30 → 11:00 Morning Break

11:00 → 12:30 Local Preference Lab

Convener: Mr Patrick Okui (NSRC)

slides Local Preference Lab

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 14:30 MANRS Presentation

https://www.manrs.org

Convener: Mr Mwangi MICHUCKI (ISOC)

slides MANRS_WACREN_03-2018_v01.pptx

14:30 → 15:00 Routing security and possible implications for NRENs

Convener: Mr Amreesh PHOKEER (Research and Innovation Manager, AFRINIC)

slides Resource-Certification_v2.pdf routing_security_nrens.pdf

15:00 → 15:30 AS Prepend Lab

Convener: Mr Alain Patrick AINA (WACREN)

slides AS Prepend Lab

15:30 → 16:00 Afternoon Break

16:00 → 17:00 BGP Community Lab

Convener: Mr Alain Patrick AINA (WACREN)

slides BGP Community Lab

17:00 → 18:00 Closing Ceremony

Convener: Mr Alain Patrick AINA (WACREN)