ISP Core Network Setup with MikroTik

Description

Designing and operating a reliable ISP network requires more than simply providing internet connectivity. Modern service providers must integrate routing, traffic management, customer provisioning, management access, and internal services into a scalable and efficient core network architecture.

This course is designed to provide a practical, real-world approach to building an ISP core network using MikroTik RouterOS. Rather than focusing heavily on protocol theory, the course emphasizes hands-on implementation through a complete end-to-end ISP deployment scenario.

Students will build an ISP network from the ground up and gain practical experience configuring the technologies commonly found in service provider environments.

Topics covered include:

• Establishing BGP Peering with Upstream Providers
• Advertising Public IP Address Space
• VLAN Design and Configuration Across the Core Network
• OSPF Deployment and Routing Design
• Customer Public IP Address Provisioning
• MPLS and VPLS for Intranet Services
• Customer Bandwidth Management and Traffic Control
• Management VLAN Design and Device Access
• Core Network Architecture and Best Practices
• End-to-End ISP Network Deployment

The course is entirely lab-based, providing extensive hands-on experience using a simulated ISP environment consisting of seven MikroTik routers running CHR images in GNS3. Students may also replicate the lab scenarios using physical MikroTik equipment if preferred.

By the end of the course, students will understand how the various technologies within an ISP network work together and will have the practical skills needed to design, deploy, and manage a functional MikroTik-based service provider network.

Whether the goal is to build a new ISP, expand an existing network, or gain practical service provider experience, this course provides a real-world framework for deploying a robust ISP core network using MikroTik RouterOS.

Who this course is for

• Network engineers working in ISPs using MikroTik routers
• Entrepreneurs who want to build an ISP
  

What you'll learn

• Be able to build up a core ISP network
• Provide internet from the ISP using public IP addresses
• Configure Intranet using MPLS/VPLS
• Reach any customer router using a management VLAN
• Assign bandwidth speed to each customer using Queue Trees
  

Requirements

• Good knowledge of BGP, OSPF, VLAN, MPLS and VPLS