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Course Outline
Overview of Open-Source Enterprise Networking
- Reasons organizations opt for a self-managed network approach
- Popular open-source solutions for routing, Wi-Fi, IP address management, monitoring, and automation
- Advantages, trade-offs, hardware support, and operational factors
Network Requirements and Architecture
- Collecting business and technical requirements
- Designing for campus, branch, and small multi-site environments
- Planning for segmentation, resilience, and scalability
Platform and Component Selection
- Selecting platforms for routers, switches, wireless access points, and management tools
- Aligning open-source software with specific network roles
- Reviewing hardware compatibility and deployment models
Addressing, VLANs, and Core Network Services
- IP address planning and subnet design
- VLAN design fundamentals and inter-VLAN communication
- DHCP, DNS, NTP, and management network considerations
Routing Design and Implementation
- Static routing and default gateway design
- Practical application of OSPF and basic BGP for edge connectivity
- Concepts of redundancy, route filtering, and failover
Switching Design and Implementation
- Roles of Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching in an enterprise network
- Uplink design, VLAN implementation, and trunking
- Basics of loop prevention and link resilience
Enterprise Wi-Fi Planning and Deployment
- Planning for coverage, capacity, and SSID allocation
- Designing networks for employees, guests, and devices
- Access point adoption, controller options, and wireless security fundamentals
Security and Access Control
- Network segmentation, firewalling, and policy enforcement
- Securing management access and administrative workflows
- Patch management, backups, logging, and configuration protection
Documentation and Source of Truth
- Utilizing inventory and IP address management tools such as NetBox
- Documenting topology, addressing, and service dependencies
- Change control and configuration standards
Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Establishing visibility through metrics, logs, alerts, and dashboards
- Monitoring device health, interfaces, wireless performance, and client connectivity
- Troubleshooting common routing, switching, Wi-Fi, and service issues
Automation and Repeatable Operations
- Identifying areas where automation delivers the most value
- Using templates and scripts for consistent configuration
- Supporting change management with repeatable workflows
Deployment, Migration, and Operations Planning
- Validating designs in a lab and planning a pilot rollout
- Migrating from an existing environment with rollback and risk controls
- Creating runbooks, support processes, and a roadmap for production adoption
Requirements
- Foundational knowledge of IP networking, switching, VLANs, and Wi-Fi concepts
- Practical experience in network administration, Linux system administration, or IT infrastructure support
- Competence in command-line operations and editing configuration files
Target Audience
- Network engineers and administrators
- Infrastructure and systems engineers
- IT managers and technical leads assessing or planning an open-source network infrastructure
21 Hours
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