Scalable Network Infrastructure

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Scalable Network Infrastructure

• Logistics,
• Schedule,
• etc

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Instructors

• Alan Barrett (South Africa)
• Brian Candler (UK)
• Geert Jan de Groot (Netherlands)
• Greg Shepherd (USA)

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Logistics

• daily schedule
• 0900 to 1800
• About 1 hour for lunch
• somewhere 12.45 - 13.45
• morning, afternoon breaks (20 minutes)
• 1030 to 1115
• 1530 to 1630

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Logistics

• 14 cells
• 2 students per cell
• 1 PC
• 1 cisco router
• 1 hub
• 2 ethernet cables to central switches in back of
  room
• PCs are installed with FreeBSD 4.0

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Logistics

• passwords
• PCs login as t2 password t2_at_afnog
• root also t2_at_afnog
• dont change passwords, please!
• dont install resolvers, dont close security
  holes
• be very careful when moving about, so you dont
• trip on power cords
• knock equipment off tables

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Logistics

• Some people think everybody speaks English if
  one speaks it slowly enough- BJ, M.A.S.H. 4077
• If we speak too fast, please say so!
• If you cant see, please say so!

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Schedule - Monday

• IP basics (recap)
• Intro to Cisco routers/configuration
• Static routing exercise
• OSPF introduction /exercise

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Schedule - Tuesday

• Layer 1/2 issues
• Design rollout of resilient core network

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Schedule - Wednesday

• Inter-provider issues
• Intro to BGP / exercise
• Setting BGP policies

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Schedule - Thursday

• Introduction to exchange points
• Setting up an exchange point
• BGP tools debugging

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Schedule - Friday

• BGP scaling issues
• Configuration generation
• NOC tools

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Schedule - Evenings

• Selected topics

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Schedule - Open questions

• Open questions
• List on whiteboard