# Best Practices for Campus Network Design and Operations #
* **Dates:** April 27, 2018
* **Location:** S Marine Corps Drive, Tamuning, Guam
* **Host:** [University of Guam](http://uog.edu)
* **Venue:** [Docomo Pacific HQ](http://www.docomopacific.com/)
## Tutorial ##
* Quick link [https://bit.ly/2JuKnM4](https://bit.ly/2JuKnM4)
* [Detailed Agenda](agenda.html) (includes links to presentations and schedule)
* [Participants](participants.html)
* [Instructors and Organizers](instructors.html)
* [Reference Materials](references.html)
* [Survey](https://nsrc.org/limesurvey/index.php/722736?lang=en_us)
## Goals ##
This day long tutorial is targeted at the network & systems engineers
from tertiary education institutions (campuses) and national or
regional research and education networks (RENs). Participants in this
tutorial will learn about:
Campus network design and configuration including physical
infrastructure, switching and routing best practice techniques in the
areas of core network operations best practice techniques for managing
the security of the campus infrastructure
These skills will in turn drive an increase in campus network
usability, security and reliability.
Detailed Content:
* Basic Campus Design Concepts
* Campus Network Cabling best practices
* Layer-2 Network Design
* Switching Architectures: Spanning Tree & vLANs
* Routing and Forwarding Basics
* Selecting Campus Routers
* Migrating a Campus Network from Flat to Routed
* Campus Operations Best Practices
* Campus Security Overview
