Peering at LINX

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

Peering at LINX training course details

Technical staff of new LINX members.
Technical staff of companies preparing to join LINX.
Non technical staff may also benefit from this course.

None.
(For technical staff with BGP knowledge 1 day)

1 to 2 days

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.

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.

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

LINX IP details, IPv4, IPv6, PTR records, Cisco
base configuration, Juniper base configuration.

Preparing for peering, the peering template, setting
up the peering, RFC 2142, the RIPE database,
contacts, peeringdb.net, solving downed BGP
sessions, escalation procedures.

Cisco BGP configuration, Juniper BGP
configuration.

Private interconnect, LINX time service. NTP,
Strata.

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.

Getting further information, the LINX website, the LINX mailing lists.