Synopsis:

This is a technical workshop, made up of lectures and hands-on lab work to teach the IS-IS and BGP skills required for the configuration and operation of large-scale networks that make up the Internet.

Workshop topics include, but are not limited to:

• IS-IS design and best practices for Service Provider networks
• BGP protocol, attributes, and policy control
• BGP scalability (including Route Reflectors and Communities)
• BGP Best Practices, including Aggregation
• BGP multihoming techniques (redundancy and load balancing)
• BGP Communities as used by Network Operators
• Peering Best Practices

Objectives:

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Configure IS-IS within their network infrastructure, according to industry best practices.
• Know how to operate a dual stack network, and be aware of the similarities and differences between IPv4 and IPv6.
• Be conversant in the BGP protocol, and know how to use the different BGP attributes to achieve different policies.
• Configure BGP policies to implement peering with other operators, either using private interconnects, or at Internet Exchange Points.
• Be aware of IXP design and operational good practices.
• Be aware of the best practices for using BGP on the Internet today, including Aggregation and Scaling.

Course Duration: 4 days

Date:            27th – 30th May 2026

Time:           9:00 – 17:30
Venue:         TBA (Bangkok, Thailand)

Target Audience:

Technical staff who are now building or operating a wide area service provider network with international and/or multi-provider connectivity, or considering participation at an Internet Exchange point, or considering deploying IPv6 across their infrastructure and to their end users.

Pre-requisites:

It is assumed that the workshop participants are proficient with a router command line interface, have a good understanding of OSPF or IS-IS, as well as experience with using BGP in an operational network.

This workshop is not an introduction. Participants are expected to have already successfully completed previous Routing Workshops or have demonstrable equivalent experience.

The lab exercises use Cisco IOS configuration syntax.

Participants must bring laptops with a modern web browser installed (Chrome/Firefox/Safari/Opera).

Participants must also have reviewed the Video Tutorials at learn.nsrc.org, specifically those covering Internet Routing.

Instructors:

Tashi Phuntsho, FLEXOPTIX/NSRC

Kittinan Sriprasert, BKNIX 

Philip Smith, Network Startup Resource Center 

Viraphan Samadi, AIT 

Registration Fee :   

Early Bird:    15,000  THB (480 USD) 

Standard:     18,000  THB (580 USD) 

(The early-bird registration fee is due by April 30, 2026. Starting May 1, 2026, the standard registration fee will be in effect.)

Group rate: please contact training@thnic.or.th 

Those who have successfully registered and completed payment will receive complimentary access to BPF 2026, which will take place from 25 – 26 May 2026.