Border gateway protocol (BGP) Course

1 hour, 52 minutes

Syllabus

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Overview

Video - 00:14:00

An overview of what the Border Gateway Protocol is and where it's used.
BGP message types

Video - 00:10:00

Review usage and format of the five BGP message types and which are sent during each state.
BGP neighbor states

Video - 00:11:00

A detailed review of the BGP state machine and messages exchanges in each neighbor state.
BGP path selection

Video - 00:23:00

Overview of the path selection attributes and their use case.
IBGP vs. EBGP

Video - 00:06:00

An explanation of theory of split horizon and difference and use case of IBGP and eBGP, then demonstrate next-hop-self and BGP split horizon.
BGP groups, routing policy and troubleshooting

Video - 00:13:00

Learn to troubleshoot BGP (ping, traceroute, trace options, show commands, logging), apply route policy and show effect of groups.
BGP lab

Video - 00:33:00

Do some hands-on with in the iBGP and eBGP environment with this policy application lab.
JNCIS-ENT BGP skill assessment

Assessment - 6 questions

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