Advanced Routing Workshop

NREN Design and Peering

Dates: April 8-11, 2013
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Host: ​UbuntuNet Alliance
Venue: ​Metropole Hotel

Four-day hands-on technical workshop focused on peering design and routing techniques for Research Education Networks (RENs).

Workshop Goals

• Train network engineering staff from universities and research institutes in eastern and southern Africa on how to build a scalable routing infrastructure to strengthen and expand the regional REN of the ​UbuntuNet Alliance, in partnership with the ​AfricaConnect project.
• Learn how to design robust campus networks, understand different REN models and gain hands-on experience with internal routing, inter-domain peering and traffic policies.
• Strengthen the human network of the research and education community in developing national and regional cyberinfrastructure in Africa.

Requirements

• Knowledge of TCP/IP protocols and layer 2 and layer 3 network basics

Recommended Software

• KiTTY SSH for Windows
• PuTTY for Windows (SSH)
• Linux/UNIX and Mac OS already have SSH installed. DO NOT USE PUTTY FOR LINUX OR MAC!

Workshop Items

• Agenda (includes links to presentations and schedule)
• List of Participants
• Sponsors
• ​Photo Album and ​Group Photo