Basic routing
Review of LAIT I routing, reading routing tables.
Hands on: Setting up a routed network.
Static routes
Why use static routes? Default routes.
Hands on: Configuring static routes.
First hop redundancy
Default gateways, VRRP/HSRP/GLBP. Load sharing, critical IP addresses.
Hands on: VRRP.
Basic OSPF
What is OSPF? Process IDs, passive interfaces.
Hands on: Simple OSPF.
Subnetting
Bit boundary subnetting, calculating network numbers.
Exercise: Subnetting.
OSPF overview
Metrics, convergence, DV vs. Link state, IGPs, classless, OSPF features, load sharing, OSPF authentication.
Hands on: OSPF features.
OSPF within an area
How OSPF works, LSAs, LSDB, router IDs, hellos, configuring hellos, exchange protocol.
Hands on: Investigating OSPF structures.
OSPF areas
Scalability, why areas? Area IDs, area 0, ABRs, ABR resilience, areas & LSDBs & LSAs, virtual links.
Hands on: Multi area OSPF.
Redistribution
Multiple routing protocols, common scenarios, routing distance, External LSAs, E1 and E2. Type 4 LSAs. OSPF and default routes.
Hands on: Configuring static route redistribution.
Route aggregation
Route summarisation. How to aggregate, CIDR, ASBR summarisation.
Hands on: OSPF address summarisation.
OSPF packet formats
OSPF packets, protocol stack, packet flows, OSPF headers, neighbours, neighbour states, DRs, adjacencies, BDRs, DR election.
Hands on: Analysing OSPF packets, troubleshooting. OSPF
OSPF stub areas
LSA types, area types, area architecture, stub areas, default routes, benefits & disadvantages of stub areas, TSSAs, NSSAs, Type 7 LSAs.
Hands on: Stub and TSSA configuration.
IS-IS
End systems, Intermediate systems, how IS-IS works, IS-IS router ID, Level 1, Level 2, IS-IS hierarchy.
Hands on: Configuring IS-IS, troubleshooting IS-IS.
The Internet
Autonomous systems, Peering, transit, looking glasses.
Hands on: Internet routing tables.
Basic BGP
IGPs, EGPs, What’s BGP? BGP RIB, in/out process, tables peers, adding routes.
Hands on: Simple configuration and troubleshooting.
Routing IPv6
Multi protocol routing, IPv6 addressing, IPv6 routing tables, IPv6 static routes, OSPFv3, IS-IS and IPv6.
Hands on: Routing IPv6.
STP and L2 routing
STP, RSTP, L2 IS-IS, Multi system link aggregation.
Hands on: RSTP.
MPLSCore MPLS, MPLS and the 7 layer model, MPLS protocol, MPLS standard, MPLS runs on routers, MPLS history, Why MPLS?, LSRs, PE and P router roles, FEC, swapping labels, MPLS packet format.
Hands on: Enabling MPLS. Testing and troubleshooting of MPLS.
Appendix
EIGRP: How EIGRP works, DUAL.
