By Russell Hughes | 38 Min Video

In this webinar, we’ll have a discussion of using BGP Community Strings to influence Routing by setting and matching BGP Community Strings and creating a Community-list. After attending this session with Russell Hughes, you will be able to understand and use Community strings.

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Introduction to BGP Community Strings

Defines standard, extended, and large BGP community strings.

Explains their function as tags for policy enforcement and route control.

Practical Configuration

Demonstrates how to set, match, and modify BGP community values.

Use of route-maps, prefix-lists, and filtering techniques.

Use Cases in Enterprise and ISP Networks

Influencing inbound and outbound traffic paths.

Controlling the advertisement of routes across multiple peerings.

Managing backup links and regional policies using community tagging.

Troubleshooting and Best Practices

Detecting misconfigurations through show commands and BGP monitoring tools.

Guidelines for scalable and maintainable route control across large environments.

Instructor Bio:

Russell has over 25 years of experience in the field of networking and 20 years as an instructor. He has delivered courses for SLI, formerly CCTI, for fourteen years, specializing in security, content networking, and Voice over IP solutions. Russell started his career in the IT industry as a systems administrator, where he was in charge of daily maintenance of Windows servers, backup solutions, and e-mail. He helped design and build a remote classroom lab solution that allowed CCTI/SLI to deliver Cisco courses anywhere in the world without the need to ship Cisco equipment. Russell currently teaches CCNA and CCNP level courses, with expertise in content networking, IPv6, BGP, and Data Center areas.