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Peering at LINX training course description A one or two day induction course covering the technical procedures of LINX along with correct interaction with LINX and LINX members. This course focuses on the implementation of the technologies within the LINX network. For those already competent in BGP the one day version of this course is sufficient. What will you learn Explain the role of LINX in the Internet. Correctly connect to LINX. Recognise the correct procedures for peering at LINX. Use the current Best Current Practices. Peering at LINX training course details Who will benefit: Technical staff of new LINX members. Technical staff of companies preparing to join LINX. Non technical staff may also benefit from this course. Prerequisites: None. (For technical staff with BGP knowledge 1 day) Duration 1 to 2 days Peering at LINX training course contents Introduction and review Networks, The Internet, IP, routers, Autonomous systems, the structure of the Internet, the role of Internet Exchanges. BGP and peering. LINX, EuroIX, RIPE. What you get when you join LINX. LINX products: Connexions, Virtual PoPs, Colocation resales, LINX from anywhere. LINX infrastructure The original architecture, The growth of LINX, the current topology. LINX London locations. Dual LAN topology. LON1, LON2. Use of MPLS to connect London sites. Regional peering: LINX NoVa, LINX Manchester, LINX Wales, LINX Scotland, ManxIX, JEDIX. Connecting with LINX nnecting with LINX Locations. 1/10/100/400G. Interface specifications. Link aggregation. The racks and space provided, access to the racks, connecting WAN circuits into LINX. The connection form, How to link your ISP with LINX, switch assignments, limits on traffic, average measured traffic, getting statistics from LINX, Using looking glass. Allowed traffic. Port security Configuration hints LINX IP details, IPv4, IPv6, PTR records, Cisco base configuration, Juniper base configuration. Peering with other LINX members Preparing for peering, the peering template, setting up the peering, RFC 2142, the RIPE database, contacts, peeringdb.net, solving downed BGP sessions, escalation procedures. Peering configuration hints Cisco BGP configuration, Juniper BGP configuration. LINX additional services Private interconnect, LINX time service. NTP, Strata. The LINX route server Bi lateral peering, Multi lateral peering. How the LINX route server is configured. Use of communities on the route server, template for peering with the route server. Summary Getting further information, the LINX website, the LINX mailing lists.

Fibre splicing training course description A short, concise hands on fibre optic cable splicing course providing comprehensive coverage of fibre splicing. Over 50% of the course is practical based. What will you learn Prepare cable for splicing. Splice fibre optic cable. Fibre splicing training course details Who will benefit: Those wishing to be able to splice fibre. Prerequisites: None. Duration 1 day Fibre splicing training course contents Fibre optic essential review Fibre cable types. SMF, MMF. Safe working practices. Cable handling issues. Hands on: Handling fibre optic cable. Preparing fibre for splicing Cutting and stripping tools, cleaving methods, fibre cleaning materials. Hands on: Fibre preparation. Splicing Joining fibres, splicers, fusion splicing, mechanical splicing, splicing procedure. cleaving, splicing parameters. Splicing vs. connectors. Which splice? Hands on: Splicing fibre. Splice loss mechanisms End gap, concentricity, end angle, NA mismatch, finish and dirt, coaxiality, Axial run out, core mismatch, back reflection. Testing Testing successful fibre splicing. Hands on: Testing spliced fibre.

LAN training course description A concise overview course covering Local Area Networks with particular emphasis on the use of Ethernet and Wireless LANS. As well as explaining buzzwords we cover how the technology works at a simple level. After defining LANs the course moves onto Ethernet and switching also covering VLANs. WiFi is then covered, with coverage of 802.11 standards and frequencies along with integrating WiFi with Ethernet. The course then covers routers and their role in connecting networks and the course finishes with a comparison of Ethernet vs WiFi and when to use them. What will you learn Describe how Ethernet works (in simple terms) and when to use Ethernet. Explain the difference between a switch and a router. Describe how WiFi works (in simple terms). Describe the role of Access points. Evaluate wireless technologies and when to use them. List the speeds of various LAN technologies. LAN training course details Who will benefit: Sales staff, managers and other non technical staff. Prerequisites: None. Duration 1 day LAN training course contents LANS What is a LAN? LAN standards, LAN choices, choosing the media, copper, UTP, cat5e, fibre, RF, bandwidth speeds, link aggregation, Full/half duplex. Ethernet What is Ethernet? 802.3, parts of Ethernet, Ethernet evolution, MAC addresses, frames, broadcasts. Ethernet switches What are switches, switches versus hubs, how switches work, ways to configure switches, Loops, STP. VLANs What are VLANs? Why have VLANs, impact of VLANs, Tagging (aka trunking), 802.1Q Wireless LANS Type of wireless LAN, RF frequencies, 2.4GHz, 5GHz, others, interference, standards, 802.11 and variants, CSMA/CA. Wireless LANS NICs, Access points, integration with Ethernet, multiple access points, mesh networks, WiFi security. Interconnecting LANs Routers, connecting networks, interconnecting VLANs, IP addressing, Layer 3 switches. Summary WiFi vs Ethernet.

WANs training course description A concise overview course covering Wide Area Networks with particular emphasis on the WAN options available including the use of the Internet. What will you learn Choose and evaluate WAN technologies. Recognise the role of service providers. Describe the benefits of VPNs. Describe how the Internet can be used as a WAN. Describe the equipment needed to connect LANS to WANS. List the speeds of various WAN technologies. WANs training course details Who will benefit: Anyone, although the course is particularly aimed at non-technical personnel needing some knowledge of WANS. Prerequisites: Network fundamentals Duration 1 day WANs training course contents WANS WAN architecture, Common WAN terms, Core vs access, service providers, relationship with 7 layer model, WAN equipment, how to choose a WAN. Layer 1 Copper, phone lines, fibre, coaxial, satellite, wireless. Cabling to the building, CPE cabling, interfaces. Layer 2 Dial up vs. Dedicated vs. packet switched networks and when to use them. Packet switching vs. circuit switching. Point to point and point to multipoint. Dialup access technologies Modems, ISDN, BRI, PRI. Access with dedicated lines XDSL, leased lines. WAN services X.25, SMDS, Frame Relay, CIR, ATM, Internet, MANS, dark fibre and other services. Case study: Selecting WAN technologies. Service provider technologies MPLS, SDH, WDM, DWDM. Routers Network addressing, default gateways, routing tables, routing protocols. Internet architecture Service providers, ISPs, private peering, public peering, core WANs in the Internet. VPNs Private networks, public networks, What are VPNs?, benefits of VPNs, tunnelling, encryption, IPSec. Case study: Specifying WAN connectivity.

IPv6 demystified training course description IPv6 is the next generation Internet Protocol. This course looks at the benefits and features of the new protocol along with an assessment of the likely impact of the protocol and migration strategies. What will you learn Explain the benefits and disadvantages of IPv6 Recognise the impact of IPv6 on existing networks. Plan migration strategies for IPv6 Integrate IPv6 and IPv4 networks IPv6 demystified training course details Who will benefit: Sales staff, managers and other non technical staff. Prerequisites: None. Duration 1 day IPv6 demystified training course contents What's wrong with IPv4 IPv4 works, NAT, carrier grade NAT, addresses running out. Current state of IPv4 addressing. Why IPv6 Reasons for IPv6, what is IPv6? the origins of IPv6. IPv6 addressing IPv6 address allocation, address format, prefixes, address categories, scope zones, global unicast, link local. Plug and play. Migration techniques A migration plan, Dual stack, DNS, tunnelling, tunnel establishment, tunnel brokers, Tunnel types. IPv6 steps How IPv6 can affect the following: Firewalls, routers, switches!, DNS, Web services, Email. Current state of IPv6 IPv6 release 1996, 3G, World IPv6 day 2011, World IPv6 launch 2012.

IP demystified training course description A concise overview course covering TCP/IP with particular emphasis on the addressing and security issues of TCP/IP networks. What will you learn Describe TCP/IP. List the rules of IP addressing. Recognise the impact of the addressing rules on adds/moves and changes. Recognise the use of subnet masks. Explain how firewalls work. Recognise the role of DNS. IP demystified training course details Who will benefit: Anyone, although the course is particularly aimed at non-technical personnel needing some knowledge of TCP/IP. Prerequisites: Network fundamentals Duration 1 day IP demystified training course contents What is TCP/IP? What is IP? What is TCP? What is TCP/IP? Internetworking, protocols, services. The Internet, RFCs, comparison with OSI 7 layer model. Basic configuration IP addresses, subnet masks, default gateways, DHCP, ping. Addressing IP address format, rules of IP addressing, where to get IP addresses, private addresses, subnet masks, How subnet masks are used to determine network numbers. Ranges of addresses. NAT Private versus public IP addresses, NAT, NAPT. IPv6 What is IPv6, IPv6 usage, Why IPv6, 128bit IPv6 addresses, IPv6 migration, dual stack, tunnelling. Routing What is a router? how routers join networks, benefits and disadvantages of routers, default gateways, routing tables, routing protocols. Traceroute. Firewalls What is a firewall, firewall architectures, filtering, DMZ, Proxy servers, stateful packet inspection. DNS How hostnames are converted to IP addresses.

Network automation training course description This course concentrates on the technical side of tools and languages for network DevOps rather than the soft skills. These tools include Python, Ansible, Git and NAPALM By the end of the course delegates should be able to recognise the tools that they can use to automate their networks and be able to use the knowledge gained to feel confident approaching network automation. What will you learn Describe network DevOps. Choose network automation tools. Explain the role of various network automation technologies including: Python Ansible Git NAPALM Network automation training course details Who will benefit: Those wishing to learn about the tools of network automation. Prerequisites: Introduction to data communications. Duration 1 day Network automation training course contents What is DevOps and network automation Programming and automating networks, networks and clouds, AWS, OpenStack, SDN, DevOps for network operations. Unit testing. Hype vs reality. Benefits and features. Network monitoring and troubleshooting Traditional methods, SNMP. Netflow and xflow. Traditional automation. Streaming telemetry. Event driven automation. gRPC, Protocol buffers. Configuration management Catch 22 and initial configuration. ZTP, POAP. Traditional automation. TFTP. Ansible vs the rest (chef, salt, puppet). Jinja2 and templating. How ansible works. Network programmability Programming languages. Linux, shell scripting. Python vs the rest. Off box vs on box automation. Python network libraries Sockets pysnmp, ncclient, paramiko, netmiko, pyez, NAPALM. APIs Proprietary APIs, CLI, NETCONF, RETCONF. YANG, XML, YAML, JSON. Other tools Git, GitHub, Jenkins, JIRA and others.

VoIP and IP Telephony training course description A concise overview course for management covering voice communications using IP networks. The course focuses on how VoIP works at a simplified level enabling delegates to recognise the key decisions to be made when implementing VoIP. What will you learn Describe the key buzzwords used in the VoIP arena. Explain how VoIP and IPT work (at a simplified level). Describe the issues of providing a converged architecture. Recognise the key decisions to be made when implementing VoIP VoIP and IP Telephony training course details Who will benefit: Anyone, although the course is particularly aimed at non-technical personnel needing some knowledge of VoIP. Prerequisites: Network fundamentals Duration 1 day VoIP and IP Telephony training course contents Introduction What is VoIP, brief review of IP, brief review of telephones, voice and signalling. VoIP issues Bandwidth, Delay, Jitter. Voice coding and compression, packetising voice, comparison of techniques, MOS.IP performance and QoS. The need for QoS, prioritising voice. Architectures Hard phones, soft phones, video phones, desktop, backbone, gateway, integrating analog phones and PCs, carriers, Softswitches. VoIP protocol stack RTP, RTCP. H.323 vs SIP, other signalling protocols. H.323 Architecture, Call setup, Gatekeepers. SIP Comparison with H.323, SIP proxy, proxy servers, redirect servers, location servers. MGCP and MegaCo Carrier networks, PSTN breakout, SS7 gateways, MGCP, Megaco. IP PBXs Integrating IP into 'normal' PBXs, IP PBXs, Asterisk. UM, other telephony applications.

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 Who will benefit: Non technical staff working for Internet companies. Prerequisites: None. Duration 1 day 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.