RIPE 44 Meeting

EOF

The European Operators Forum (EOF) is a forum where new technology developments of interest to IP network operators are presented and discussed. The EOF has no formal charter or chair. The agenda is coordinated by a programme committee led by Rob Blokzijl, RIPE Chair.

Participation is open to all interested parties. The EOF is normally a day and a half session that takes place prior to scheduled Working Group meetings. The Programme Committee welcomes input for possible topics and can be reached at eof-coord@ripe.net.

Monday 27 January 2003 Tutorial   PDF
14:00-17:30h
Speaker: Benoit Claise

Description of Tutorial:

"Next to the advantages of the NetFlow Services, we will review in great details the different versions of NetFlow, i.e. version5, version7, version 8 (the router-based aggregation) and sampled NetFlow.
Design, configuration, tuning and troubleshooting of NetFlow will be covered in this technical session! We will also discuss the most recent improvements of NetFlow, both on the routers and on the switches. The new NetFlow version 9 and its interaction with the IETF will also be covered."

The following tutorial is scheduled for Tuesday, 28 January 2003.

Tutorial: BGP Troubleshooting
Speaker: Philip Smith, Cisco Systems, Australia
9:00-12.30

Description of Tutorial:

This tutorial looks at common problems ISPs face when deploying BGP within their network. We describe problems with peer establishment, missing routes, inconsistent route selection, and convergence issues. We also discuss real-world examples of typical errors made when deploying BGP, both as iBGP and eBGP, in service provider networks.