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2-day IP Routing and Switching Workshop

Introduction and Overview
Course Objectives
Business Motivation for a single IP Infrastructure
The Most Common Pitfalls in IP Networking
Ten Questions that all Network Administrators must ponder

LAN Technologies
Evolution of IEEE LAN standards: From 10Base5 to 10 Gigabit Ethernet
LAN Addressing
Physical and Logical LAN Topologies
Frame Structures
Media Access Methods
Evolution of Cabling Requirements: From Coax to Fiber and Wireless

LAN Switching Concepts
Transparent Bridging
Collision and Broadcast Domains
Bridging vs. Switching
Switching Techniques
Spanning Tree Protocol
Structured Cabling: Requirement for Switched Networks

Virtual LANs (VLANs)
Motivation for VLAN Deployment
VLAN standards
VLAN configuration
VLANs and network security
Routing between VLANs
Evolution of Switched Architectures
Workshop: VLAN Configuration

Routing Concepts
Layer 3 IP Addressing
        IPv4 Address Space
        IPv4 Address Classes
        Subnetting
        IPv6 Addressing
Designing Proper Address Space
        Assignment of Addresses to Router Interfaces
        Physical and Logical Interfaces
        Private Addressing
        Network Address Translation (NAT)
What is Routing?
        Dynamic Routing
        Static Routing
Routing vs. Switching

Routing Protocols Overview
Distance Vector Protocols
Link State Protocols
Interior Gateway Protocols (IGPs)
Exterior Gateway Protocols (EGPs)

Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
RIP Overview
        RIP in Historical Perspective
        RIP Operation
        RIP Packet Structure
        Split Horizon
RIP Configuration
        Generic Configuration Steps
        RIP on Broadcast Networks
        RIP on Non-Broadcast Multi-Access (NBMA) Networks
        RIP Authentication
RIP Feature Summary
        Shortcomings
        Strengths

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
OSPF Overview
        OSPF in Historical Perspective
        OSPF Messages
        OSPF Operations
        Routing hierarchy
                Areas
                Designated Routers
                Area Border Routers
                ASBRs
        OSPF Metric
OSPF Configuration
        Generic Configuration Steps
        OSPF on Broadcast Networks
        OSPF on Non-Broadcast Multi-Access (NBMA) Networks
        Summarization
        OSPF Workshop
Basic Configuration
        Authentication
        Summarization
OSPF Feature Summary

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
BGP Overview
        BGP in Historical Perspective
        BGP Messages
        BGP Operations
        BGP Routing Hierarchy
        BGP Metric
        Autonomous Systems
        The Peering Concept
BGP Configuration
        Generic Configuration Steps
        BGP within an AS
        BGP between ASes
        BGP Aggregation
BGP Workshop
        Basic BGP configuration
        BGP aggregation
BGP Feature Summary

Static Routing
        Static Routing Overview
        The Static Route Structure
        Destination
        Gateway
        Cost
        Advantages and Disadvantages of Static Routing
Static Routing Configuration

Route Redistribution Issues
The Need for Redistribution
Varying Routing Metrics
FLSM vs. VLSM support
Varying Routing Update Methods
Scalability Levels of Different Routing Protocols
Mutual vs. one-way redistribution

Specific Redistributions
RIP into OSPF
OSPF into RIP
Static into OSPF
Connected into OSPF
OSPF into BGP

Traffic engineering
Congestion Control
Traffic Prioritization
Layer 3 Switching

Conclusion
Future of IP Networks
Course Feedback and Evaluation

Appendix: Acronyms

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