12th APNIC Open Policy Meeting

Routing Workshop, 22-26 August 2001

A Routing Workshop will be provided by Cisco Systems from Wednesday 22 to Sunday 26 August 2001, prior to the 12th APNIC Open Policy Meeting in Taipei, Taiwan. The workshop is being coordinated and hosted by APNIC.

This workshop is now fully booked.

 Who should attend

The target audience for this course is persons in the ISP community with a basic familiarity of Cisco Systems equipment. This is a technical workshop and most suitable for engineers who are now or will soon be building or operating a wide area TCP/IP based Internet Service Provider (ISP) network or Internet eXchange Point (IXP) with international and/or multi-provider connectivity.

Prerequisites include Cisco IOS fundamentals, user level UNIX and preferably some system administration, and some experience in TCP/IP network design.

Preference for this course will be given to those individuals who come from developing areas of the Asia-Pacific region.

Preference will also be given to participants who are APNIC members (or prospective members) and are attending the APNIC Open Policy Meeting (28-31 August).

Due to strictly limited numbers, participants in the tutorial will be selected based on the information provided in the application form enclosed below.

 Workshop scope

• Techniques for design, set-up, and operation of a metropolitan, regional or national ISP backbone network. This includes advanced OSPF, BGP4 and policy based routing.

• Cisco IOS Essentials every ISP should be doing. The hidden secrets that all key ISPs have been using for years but not telling anyone.

• Techniques for multiple connections to the Internet (multihoming), including connections to IXPs, NSP and transoceanic Internet links.

• Techniques for the design, set-up and operation of a metropolitan, regional or national IXPs

• Techniques to achieve optimal performance and configuration from a Cisco backbone router. This includes routing scalability, network design and configuration techniques.

• Examples from a case study from successful ISPs who are making use of many of the workshop techniques.

 Course location

The course will take place at The Grand Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan. Successful applicants will be notified of accommodation details, however accommodation cost is not included in the fees detailed below.

The instructors for the Workshop will be Philip Smith and Vincent Ng of Cisco Systems.

 Important dates

• The deadline for applications has been extended to Wednesday 25 July 2001.
• Selections and notifications will be sent by Friday 27 July 2001.
• Payment deadline: Friday 10 August 2001.
• Routing Workshop: Wed 22 to Sun 26 August 2001.
• APNIC Open Policy Meeting: Mon 28 to Fri 31 August 2001.

 Workshop costs

The workshop is being provided at cost-price of US$330 per head. This fee covers all related workshop materials, tea breaks and lunches for 5 days. The fee does not cover travel or accommodation costs.

Payment must be made in advance to APNIC, using credit card, direct bank transfer, or bank draft/cheque. Payment details will be provided to successful applicants when they are notified.

We regret that registration can only be accepted if payment (or proof of payment) is received by APNIC by the due date of Friday 10 August 2001.

For further information about the Cisco ISP workshop please contact Ms Vivian Yang, APNIC Events Coordinator.

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