Networking course for freshers by Cattlefield Academy

Workshop Outline
1) Basics of Routing and routing protocols:

a) Data Plane/Forwarding Plane
b) Control Plane
c) Router databases; (RIB -Routing Information Base/Routing Table, FIB -Forwarding Information Base)
d) Interior and exterior routing

2. Introduction to BGP (Boarder Gateway protocol/ The protocol of Internet)

a) Autonomous systems
b) iBGP and eBGP
c) BGP attributes and path selection algorithms
d) Address families and peer groups
d) Prefix lists and AS path filters
e) Concept of BGP Route Reflectors
f) BGP Route Aggregation and Filtering
g) Concept of BGP confederation

3. Tuning BGP

a) Route maps
b) Communities
c) Load balancing
d) Manipulating outbound traffic
e) Routing policy best practices

4. Lab
All above concepts will be shown with practical lab configuration.

Special Attention to modern VPN Technologies:

A) Customer managed VPNs:
1) IPsec:

(i) IPsec Overview and Configuration Fundamentals
What is IPsec?
How Does IPsec Work?
What are components of an IPsec Connection?
How do You Configure IPsec Phase 1?
How do You Configure IPsec Phase 2?

(ii) Verifying and troubleshooting Site to Site IPsec VPNs
What commands can I use to verify IPsec operation?
What commands can I use to troubleshoot IPsec operation?
What are some of the common problems I would face with IPsec configurations?

2) DMVPN (Dynamic Multipoint VPN)

(i) Concept and understanding of DMVPN
What is DMVPN?
What is mGRE (multipoint GRE)?
What is NHRP (Next-Hop Resolution Protocol?)
What about security? Securing DMVPN with IPSec

(ii) DMVPN Configuration and Troubleshooting Lab

B) Provider Provisioned VPNs:

1) MPLS L3 VPN:

(i) Concept of VRF (VPN Routing and Forwarding/Virtual Routing and Forwarding)
(ii) Concept of MP-BGP (Multiprotocol BGP)
(iii) Concept of MPLS and its Databases
(iV) What is RD (Route Distinguisher?)
(v) What is RT (Route Target?)
(vI) Concept of BGP vpnv4 address family

(vii) Practical Lab showing configuration and Troubleshooting of MPLS L3 VPNs

2) MPLS L2 VPN:(optional)

VPLS (Virtual Private LAN Service)
VPWS (Virtual Private Wire Service)