Peering demystified

Description

Peering demystified training course description

A concise overview course covering The Internet and peering. Particular emphasis is placed on the structure of the Internet, how IXs benefit the Internet, IX architectures, peering and the technical buzzwords behind the IX services.

What will you learn

• Describe the structure of the Internet
• Explain the role of RIPE, ARIN and IXs in the Internet
• Explain how IXs connect ISPs and the benefits of using IXs.
• Describe peering from a technical perspective including the role of BGP and AS's.

Peering demystified training course details

Peering demystified training course contents

• IP and routers

IP as glue. What is a router? How routers join networks, benefits and disadvantages of routers, default gateways, routing tables, routing protocols.

• Addressing

IP address format, rules of IP addressing, where to get IP addresses. Subnetting and groups of IP addresses.

• The Internet

What is the Internet? The big picture, IP basics, registering IP addresses, DNS and registering domain names, whois, The IAB, IANA, ICANN, RIPE and other Internet organisations.

• ISPs

Top ISPs, Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 ISPs, backbone providers, circuit providers, content providers, virtual ISPs, the internal network of ISPs. Customer connections to ISPs (DSL, Leased lines, MPLS…)

• ISP to ISP connections: Peering points

Public peering versus private peering, NAPs, Internet Exchanges, Metropolitan Area Exchanges, LINX, other major peering points, the geography of the Internet. BGP and ASNs. How to peer. IRRs.

• IX architecture

Ethernet switching.