[lir-wg] Routing Workshop - free places available

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Routing Workshop, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 3-7 February 2003


Dear Colleagues,

Cisco Systems will provide a Routing Workshop for RIPE NCC staff on
3-7 February 2003 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This is a call
for applications for 12 places still available in the workshop.

This workshop will be provided free of charge and includes lunches.
PLEASE NOTE: Travel and accommodation are not provided or reimbursed.

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 those
persons who are now or will soon be building or operating a wide area

TCP/IP base Internet Service Provider (ISP) network or Internet
eXchange Point (IXP) with international and/or multi-provider
connectivity.

Prerequisites: Cisco IOS fundamentals; user level UNIX and possibly
some system administration and; some use of network design,
preferably TCP/IP based.

* Preference for this course will be given to those individuals from the 
following regions (i.e. Central Europe, Central Asia, Africa and The Middle 
East)

Cisco Systems will select 12 participants to attend the tutorial
based on the information provided in the application form enclosed
below. The Workshop scope, location and important dates are also enclosed.

Regards,

Paul Rendek
RIPE NCC

WORKSHOP SCOPE:
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- 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.

- IOS Essentials every ISP should be doing. The hidden secrets that
all key NSPs have been using for years but not telling anyone (ie:
competitive advantage.

- 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:
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The course will take place at the RIPE NCC offices in Amsterdam, The 
Netherlands.

The instructor for the Workshop will be Philip Smith.

IMPORTANT DATES:
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* The deadline for application submissions: 3 December 2002
* Acceptance notification to selected candidates: 11 December 2002
* Routing Workshop: 3-7 February 2003


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ROUTING WORKSHOP - APPLICATION FORM

* Please submit your application form by email to:

<routing-workshop at ripe.net>

with the following text as the subject: Routing Workshop


First Name:

Last Name:

Nationality:

Contact Information:
- postal address:

- Tel/Fax number:

- email address:

CV detailing ISP experience [max 200 words]:

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