IP Routing

Course Overview (4 Days)

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SBI specialises in customised training and development for organisations and their internal company requirements (with a minimum group size of 8 students).

We do not offer public, open courses.

Description:

An in-depth look at IP Routing and Layer 3 Switching. Understanding how they work, when and where they are used.

The IP Routing course is a detailed technical course that clearly defines the differences between the various routing technologies used to interconnect networks. The course begins by describing the differences between Layer 2 (Switches) and Layer 3 (Routers) devices. The detailed operation of routers is then discussed, and the technologies associated with them are covered.

The course addresses IP routing and its operation. Routing IPv4 and IPv6 is covered. The various routing protocols, their operation and typical implementation scenarios are also discussed. This training course is the best way to get up to speed quickly on the role and operation of routing in an IP network. At appropriate stages in the course, practical laboratory exercises are also given so that students are exposed to the physical implementation and configuration of the technologies.

What you will learn

  • How routing works
  • The difference between switching and routing in IP networks
  • What it takes to route IPv4 and IPv6 on the same network
  • Routing protocols and the operation of RIP, OSPF and BGP
  • What is a layer 3 switch?

Who Should Attend

  • Anyone who is involved in implementing or administering IP networks
  • Network Engineers who focus on the design of IP networks
  • Network Engineers responsible for trouble shooting an IP network
  • IT Professionals planning and implementing an IP addressing scheme
  • Anyone involved in connecting their network to the Internet

Course Contents

Routing

Operation
  • Routing protocols
  • Routing Metrics
  • Routing Tables
Convergence
Distance Vector Algorithms
  • RIP
Link State Algorithms
  • OSPF
Which Routing Protocol?
What if I have two Routing Protocols?

Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

Operation
Advantages and disadvantages
Versions of RIP

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

Operation
Areas
Advantages and disadvantages

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

Why EGPs
Features
Operation and functionality

Multicast Routing (MC)

Application examples
Setting up groups
Routing protocols

 

 

 

Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)

What is CIDR
Benefits of CIDR
CIDR Allocation of address space
Host implications for CIDR deployment
Efficient address allocation
CIDR address allocation example
CIDR vs VLSMs
CIDR and routing
  • Controlling the size of routing tables
  • Routing in a classless environment
  • Changing ISP’s
Practical exercises on CIDR

Where to Bridge, Route or Switch

Performance Issues
Security
Connecting across WANs

Layer 3 & 4 Switching

What is it?
Why do we need it?
How does it work?

Routing IPv6

Global addressing scheme Routing protocols for IPv6
  • Interior Gateway Protocols (IGPs)
    • RIPv6
    • OSPFv6
  • Connecting routing domains (EGPs)
    • Implementing policy
    • Path vectors
    • Interdomain routing protocol (IDRP)
    • BGP+
Fragmentation and reassembly
  • Path MTU
  • Using the fragmentation header option