This two-hour webinar will provide you with a technical overview exploring the Internet and Peering for engineers interested in comprehending network interconnection. The course provides a foundational insight into Internet structure, Internet Exchange (IX) architectures and Peering.
Peering 101: Understanding Internet Peering & Routing Tools
Duration: 2 Hours
Webinar Outline
Introduction to Peering
- What is peering?
- Public vs. Private peering
- Key concepts: ASNs, IXPs, Transit vs. Peering
Demonstration of internal AS peering and external AS peering
Essential Peering Tools & Their Use Cases
- CIDR Report – Understanding prefix aggregation and routing table growth
- Route Views – How to analyse global BGP routing tables
- Looking Glasses – Checking routing from different networks
Demonstration of prefix aggregation
Comfort Break
Using Peering Tools
- CIDR Report: Finding inefficiencies in prefix advertisements
- Route Views: Viewing AS path information and troubleshooting routing issues
- Looking Glasses: Checking route propagation from different ISPs
- Using PeeringDB to find potential peering partners
Best Practices for Peering
- Optimize routing policies for better performance
- Filtering input and output
- Managing peering relationships and policies
- Q&A and Wrap-up