Scalable Campus Network Design & Operations

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This is a technical workshop, made up of lectures and hands-on lab work to teach the skills needed to design, build, operate and manage institutional network infrastructure according to current best practices. The training will be held from July 22nd to July 26th, 2024 at the KENET Training room located at University of Nairobi, Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Library.

Objective

After this workshop the participants will be able to design and implement a mid to large scale campus networks. This course will provide the techies with the necessary TCP/IP skills to administer a campus network.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for technical staff at the tertiary institutions that operate a TCP/IP network with international connectivity and inter-campus connectivity.

Prerequisites

1. Operational knowledge of UNIX/Linux 2. IPv4 addressing and general networking concepts 3. Day to day experience within an operational network

Technical Requirements

1. Laptop with a working wireless card 2. A modern web browser installed 3. A shell terminal or Putty (if on Windows) 4. A diagrammatic representation of the participant's institution network

Course content

Scalable Campus Network Design & Operations

1.Introduction to Campus Network Design & Operations Workshop

2.Overview of Research & Education Network ecosystem

3.Layer 1, 2 and 3 Refresher

4.Campus Network Design Principles

5.Campus Network Cabling Best Practices

6.Cabling Installation Tips

7.IPv4 & IPv6 Addressing

8.Building an Address Plan

9.Cisco Configuration Essentials

10.Switching Architectures: Spanning Tree

11.Switching Architectures: VLANs

12.Routing & Forwarding Basics

13.Layer3 Switches

14.Migrating a Campus Network from Flat to Round

15.Selecting Campus Devices

16.Introduction to Wireless

17.Introduction to NAT

18.Campus Operations Best Practices

19.Campus Security Overview

20.Campus Security Configuration

21.Introduction to Network Management & Monitoring Tools Demonstration

Competency Based Assessment


Trainers

Name Organization

Jeremiah Kioko (JK) KENET

Nyanjau Kimani (NK) KENET

Moses Ojiambo (MO) KENET

Jackline Cherotich (JC) KENET

Khamis Phitia (KP) KENET

Zeinab Mzungu (ZM) KENET



Participants

No Institution Name Designation

Timetable

Day 8:00-9:30 9:30-10:00 10:00-11:00 11:00-12:00 12:00-1:00 1:00-2:00 2:00-3:00 3:00-4:30 4:30-4:50
Monday July 22 Registration & Introduction to Campus Network Design & Operations Workshop (NK)

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Tea Break Overview of Research & Education Network ecosystem -The weak link (NK) Layer 1, 2 and 3 Refresher (KP)

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Campus Network Design Principles (MO)

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Lunch Campus Network Cabling Best Practices (MO/KP)

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Cabling Installation Tips (JC/KP) Tea Break
Tuesday July 23 Recap of Day 1

[[]] IPv4 & IPv6 Addressing ()

Tea Break Cisco Configuration Essentials (JC) [[]] Layer 2 Lab Setup Switching Architectures: Spanning Tree (MO) [[]] Lunch STP Lab [[]] Switching Architectures: VLANs (JC) [[]] Tea Break
Wednesday July 24 Recap of Day 2 & VLAN Lab () [[]] Tea Break Routing & Forwarding Basics (MO) [[]] Layer3 Switches () [[]] Selecting Campus Devices () [[]] Lunch Migrating a Campus Network from Flat to Routed () [[]] SSH Keys (NK) [[]] Tea Break
Thursday July 25 Recap of Day 3 & Campus Operations Best Practices () [[]] Tea Break Introduction to NAT (JC) [[]] NAT Lab Campus Security Overview (MO) [[]] Lunch Campus Security Configuration Campus Roundtable Discussion () Tea Break
Friday July 26 Introduction to Network Management (NK) LibreNMS Demonstration Cacti Lab Instructions [[1]] Tea Break Competency Based Assessment [[]] Lunch Survey/Feedback [[]] Closing Ceremony Tea Break