CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Routing Workshop, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 7-11 May 2001 Dear Colleagues, A Routing Workshop will be provided for RIPE NCC staff on 7-11 May 2001 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands by Cisco Systems. This is a call for applications for 14 places still available in the workshop. This workshop will be provided free of charge and includes lunches. PLEASE NOTE: Travel and accommodation are not provided or reimbursed. Who should Attend: The target audience for this course is persons in the ISP community with a basic familiarity of Cisco Systems equipment. This is a technical workshop and most suitable for those persons who are now or will soon be building or operating a wide area TCP/IP base Internet Service Provider (ISP) network or Internet eXchange Point (IXP) with international and/or multi-provider connectivity. Prerequisites: Cisco IOS fundamentals; user level UNIX and possibly some system administration and; some use of network design, preferably TCP/IP based. * Preference for this course will be given to those individuals that come from developing countries (i.e. Central Europe, Central Asia, Africa and The Middle East) Cisco Systems will select 14 participants to attend the tutorial based on the information provided in the application form enclosed below. WORKSHOP SCOPE: --------------- - Techniques for design, set-up, and operation of a metropolitan, regional or national ISP backbone network. This includes advanced OSPF, BGP4 and policy based routing. - IOS Essentials every ISP should be doing. The hidden secrets that all key NSPs have been using for years but not telling anyone (ie: competitive advantage. - Techniques for multiple connections to the Internet (multihoming), including connections to IXPs, NSP and transoceanic Internet links. - Techniques for the design, set-up and operation of a metropolitan, regional or national IXPs - Techniques to achieve optimal performance and configuration from a Cisco backbone router. This includes routing scalability, network design and configuration techniques. - Examples from a case study from successful ISPs who are making use of many of the workshop techniques. COURSE LOCATION: --------------- The course will take place at The Groot Industrieele Club, Dam 27, Amsterdam, The Netherlands The instructors for the Workshop will be Philip Smith and Duncan Rogerson. IMPORTANT DATES: --------------- * The deadline for application submissions: 11 April 2001. * Acceptance notification to selected candidates: 16 April 2001 * Routing Workshop - 7-11 May 2001 For further information about the Cisco ISP workshop please contact: Joao Silva Damas Chief Technical Officer RIPE NCC E-mail: joao@ripe.net ====== ROUTING WORKSHOP - APPLICATION FORM * Please submit your application form by email to <joao@ripe.net> with the following text as the subject: Routing Workshop First Name: Last Name: Nationality: Contact Information: - postal address: - Tel/Fax number: - email address: CV detailing ISP experience [max 200 words]: ======