MikroTik Advanced BGP with LABS

Name: MikroTik Advanced BGP with LABS
Rating: 4.5 (50 reviews)

Manipulate your traffic using Advanced BGP features on MikroTik RouterOS

Created byMy Network Training

Last updated 7/2020

English

English [Auto],

What you'll learn

Understand how to configure BGP peer
Understand how to configure BGP prefix advertisement
Understand how to remove Private AS
Understand how to configure BGP in a single homed stub network
Configuring BGP Mutihomed stub network for ISP's failover
Configuring BGP Mutihomed non-stub network
Configuring Failover and Load-Balancing on BGP Mutihomed non-stub network
Usage of Route Filter to accept and discard advertised prefixes the way in and out
Understand what BGP Community is
Configure BGP community with AS Prepend Path
Understand the well-known BGP communities and difference between no export and no advertise
Configure no export BGP Community
Configure no advertise BGP Community
Understand what BGP aggregate can do
Configure BGP aggregate w/o Inherit Attributes
Understand what is BGP Route Reflector
Configure BGP Route Reflector inside an AS to reduce number of iBGP peers
Understand what is BGP Confederation
Configure BGP Route Confederation inside an AS to reduce number of iBGP peers

Course content

7 sections • 22 lectures • 4h 11m total length

Prerequisite for this course1:59
Complete the MikroTik with Labs entry-to-intermediate course as a prerequisite. This advanced BJP course covers topics not repeated from the first course and includes resources and links.
Configure BGP Single Homed Stub Network - Part 119:24
Configure a single-homed BGP stub network, establish BGP peering between routers, advertise public networks, and remove private AS numbers from the path before upstream, enabling internet reachability.
Configure BGP Single Homed Stub Network - Part 220:55
Configure a MikroTik single-homed BGP stub network by removing private autonomous systems, enabling default routes, and using filters to set preferred sources so all peers access the internet.

What is BGP Multihomed Stub Network?1:24
Learn how to configure BGP in a multihomed setup with two ISPs, enabling seamless failover from the primary to the secondary path.
Configure BGP Multihomed Stub Network for ISPs Failover14:50
Configure a MikroTik advanced BGP multihomed stub network for two ISPs, remove private AS, establish BGP peers, and advertise two /24 prefixes with a default route for automatic failover.

What is BGP Multihomed for non-Stub Network?2:31
Explore BGP multihoming for a non-stub network by using two ISPs, advertising prefixes with your own AS, and achieving load balancing and failover in MikroTik environments.
LAB scenario - Explanation6:59
Explore a comprehensive lab scenario using seven MikroTik routers to implement BGP with two upstream ISPs, interconnect with OSPF for internal routing, and set up load-balanced prefixes via BGP.
Configure BGP Multihomed non-Stub Network - Part117:09
Configure BGP multihomed non-stub networks by establishing peers with an upstream and two ISPs, advertising internal networks, injecting a default route, and applying NAT for Internet access.
Configure BGP Multihomed non-Stub Network - Part222:35
Configure BGP multihomed non-stub network between two ISPs, inject the default routes, advertise networks to each peer, and implement load balancing with failover for internet access.
Configuring Load Balancing and Failover on BGP using Route Filters20:35
Configure load balancing and failover for BGP using route filters, as prepends, and default routes, while disabling connection tracking to ensure correct failover between ISP one and ISP two.
Testing Load Balancing & Failover on BGP Multihomed non-stub network12:07
Test load balancing and failover in a MikroTik BGP multihomed non-stub network by validating paths via ISP1 and ISP2, toggling peers, and observing ICMP connectivity.

Introduction to BGP Communities0:38
Discover what BGP communities are, where to use them, and why they matter in modern networks. Learn multiple ways to configure BGP communities on your MikroTik network during hands-on labs.
Configuring BGP Community with Prepend Path18:52
Learn to configure BGP communities and prepend paths to influence routing between ISPs, including Europe and the USA, in a practical lab.
BGP Well-Known Community (No Export - No Advertise)12:25
Explore how to configure BGP well-known communities, specifically no export and no advertise, to control prefix propagation across iBGP and eBGP peers within and between ISPs.

Introduction to BGP Route Reflector1:18
Explore how BGP route reflectors simplify iBGP in large ISP networks with many routers, avoiding full mesh. Learn how internal prefixes are advertised inside an autonomous system using reflectors.
What is BGP Route Reflector and where can be used?8:26
Learn how a BGP route reflector reduces iBGP full-mesh complexity by reflecting prefixes to peers, and prepare a lab to configure and validate this setup.
Configure BGP Route Reflector to propagate prefixes between non iBGP peers15:36
Learn how MikroTik BGP route reflector propagates prefixes between non iBGP peers, enabling efficient distribution without full mesh in advanced labs.

Introduction to BGP Confederation0:52
Explore the DBP configuration feature in BGP, why it's needed, and where to use it. Then watch a MikroTik BGP configuration lab and test the setup.
What is BGP Confederation and where to use it?8:54
Explore how bgp confederation reduces iBGP peers inside an autonomous system by dividing it into sub-autonomous systems and performing the iBGP within those groups.
Configuring BGP Confederation21:32
Explore configuring BGP confederations in MikroTik, creating sub-autonomous systems, and linking them with iBGP and EBGP peers. Learn to advertise prefixes, inject defaults, and enable multi-hop to ensure full reachability.

Requirements

Student should have an intermediate level of knowledge on BGP protocol
Familiar with MikroTik RouterOS

Description

BGP is the routing protocol of the internet. In case you are working in an ISP or an intermediate to big company, you will surely have to work with the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). However, configuring this routing protocol is a challenge because it is very complex and there are a lot of topics inside BGP to know them.

For this reason, I have designed this course which is the 2nd course for BGP on MikroTik, but this one goes to the advanced level after I have explained the entry to intermediate level in my other course which is "BGP on MikroTik with LABS - From Entry to Intermediate level"

So this course will go into advanced level in BGP and will contain a lot of LABS.

Topics that this course will cover are:

Singlehomed BGP for stub networks
Multihomed BGP for stub networks
Multihomed BGP for non-stub networks (including Load balancing and Failover)
BGP Remove AP private
BGP Communities
BGP route reflector
BGP aggregate
BGP Confederation
and much more...

If you want to master the topics of BGP in MikroTik on the advanced level, this I advise you to enroll in my course and I am sure that by end of the course you will have a good understanding of how to configure Advanced BGP on MikroTik RouterOS.

Who this course is for:

Engineers working on Internet Service Providers (ISP's)
Engineers who want to run their own Autonomous System (AS) and advertise their prefixes to the internet via BGP

MikroTik Advanced BGP with LABS

What you'll learn

Explore related topics

Course content

BGP Single Homed Stub Network3 lectures • 42min

BGP Multihomed Stub Network2 lectures • 16min

BGP Multihomed for non-Stub Network6 lectures • 1hr 22min

BGP Communities3 lectures • 32min

BGP Aggregate2 lectures • 22min

BGP Route Refelector3 lectures • 25min

BGP Confederation3 lectures • 31min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: