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- Duration
- 10h 39m
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Instructor
- Brian McGahan
- Videos
- 23
- Quizzes
- 23
- Labs
- 1
- CPE Credits
- 14
- Published
- Jan 22, 2020
- Updated
- Jan 23, 2023
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) - Deep Dive
This course provides an in-depth, task-oriented study of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) designed for CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure Lab preparation. Learners explore BGP operations and troubleshooting through detailed technology explanations, show commands, debug commands, and packet capture analysis. The course covers a wide range of topics, including BGP peering issues, TCP troubleshooting, NLRI advertisements, route reflectors, full-mesh environments, next-hop processing, best path selection, traffic engineering, BGP communities, outbound route filtering (ORF), conditional advertisement, conditional route injection, Prefix Independent Convergence (PIC), and BGP multipath. It is ideal for learners who want to build advanced troubleshooting skills and gain a deeper understanding of BGP behavior in complex enterprise network environments.
Instructor

Brian McGahan
Course Instructor
Brian McGahan earned his first CCIE in Routing & Switching at the age of 20 and became recognized as one of the youngest engineers in the world to achieve this milestone. He later expanded his expertise by earning additional CCIE certifications in Security and Service Provider.<br/><br/>As a highly accomplished and dedicated instructor, Brian has been developing and teaching training programs since 2002. His work has helped set a strong standard for CCIE education and has supported thousands of engineers in achieving their own certifications. Along with creating new training products, Brian also consults with large ISPs and enterprise organizations.
What Is Included
Skill Coverage
Course Curriculum
Troubleshooting BGP
12 videos • 1 lab • 12 quizs
Understanding BGP
11 videos • 11 quizs
