Philip Smith, Cisco Systems
This tutorial introduces service providers to some of the features available in
BGP to aid multihoming to the Internet. After an explanation of multihoming and
the principles being followed in this tutorial, several examples involving
different scenarios will be given. Configuration techniques for modifying
inbound and outbound traffic flows are covered, as are some examples on how to
use BGP communities in inter-AS relationships. The tutorial finishes by
covering some common multihoming security issues.
Bio:
Philip Smith has been with Cisco Systems since 1998 and is based in Brisbane, Australia.
He is a Consulting Engineer, part of the Service Provider Architectures Group
in Corporate Development. His role includes working with many ISPs in the Asia
Pacific region, specifically in network strategies, technology, design and
operations, configuration and scaling. As part of an ISP and Internet education
initiative, Philip runs several Routing and Internet Technology Workshops in
the Asia Pacific region. He also assists as co-instructor at similar events in
many other parts of the world. Philip also is closely involved in regional
activities, being chair of the APRICOT Management Committee, chair of APOPS,
member of the organizing and programme committees for SANOG and PacNOG, as well
as chair of APNIC's Routing and Internet Exchange Point Special Interest
Groups. Prior to joining Cisco, he spent five years at PIPEX (now integrated
into MCI's global network business), the UK's first commercial Internet
Service Provider. He was one of the first engineers working in the commercial
Internet in the UK, and
played a key role in building the modern Internet in Europe.
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