Level
Beginner
Duration
30–36 hours (weekday or weekend batches)
Delivery
Classroom
Online
Cisco Advanced BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)
Introduction
BGP is the Internet’s inter-domain routing protocol. If you work at an ISP or any enterprise multihomed to two or more ISPs, BGP is mission-critical. Unlike IGPs (OSPF/EIGRP), BGP selects best paths via attributes and policy.
This hands-on course from IP4 Networkers takes you from solid foundations to advanced traffic engineering. By the end, you will confidently configure, manage, and troubleshoot complex BGP environments.
What You’ll Learn
BGP fundamentals, path attributes, UPDATE/KEEPALIVE, RIB vs. FIB, route selection order, monitoring & health checks.
Enable BGP; neighbor formation (TTL, update-source, eBGP multihop, MD5 auth); interactions with IGPs; soft reset; weights; disabling AS-Path comparison; next-hop processing; versioning; MED basics.
Prefix-lists, distribute-lists, route-maps; per-neighbor filtering; controlling advertisements vs. acceptance; controlled redistribution to/from IGPs; default-originate.
Local-Preference, MED (including “missing MED as worst”), Origin, AS-Path, Next-Hop, Weight; multipath considerations; tie-break nuances.
Aggregate-address & summary-only; community tagging (standard/extended) & filtering; conditional advertisement; peer-groups/templates; timers; administrative distance; backdoor routes.
Full-mesh requirement; Route Reflectors (clients, clusters, loop prevention); confederation design; MED inside confederations; policy placement and scaling.
Max-prefix protection, route dampening, graceful restart; change windows; safe policy rollouts; logging/telemetry; detecting leaks/hijacks (concepts).
show/clear/debug toolkit; soft vs. hard resets; convergence debugging; path asymmetry; next-hop reachability; MED/Local-Pref conflicts; lab break/fix scenarios.
Who Should Attend
- ISP / Carrier network engineers
- Enterprise network teams managing multihomed Internet edge
- Engineers preparing for advanced Cisco/Service Provider tracks
Training Options
Live Online Training
- High-quality content by experts
- Lifetime access to recordings
- 24×7 assistance and support
In-Person Training
- Hands-on labs
- One-to-one mentoring
- Flexible schedules
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