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Open-Source Enterprise Networking Overview

  • Reasons why organisations opt for a self-managed network approach.
  • Common open-source options for routing, Wi-Fi, IP address management, monitoring, and automation.
  • Benefits, trade-offs, hardware support, and operational considerations.

Network Requirements and Architecture

  • Gathering business and technical requirements.
  • Designing for campus, branch, and small multi-site environments.
  • Planning for segmentation, resiliency, and future growth.

Platform and Component Selection

  • Selecting platforms for routers, switches, wireless access points, and management tools.
  • Mapping open-source software to network roles.
  • Reviewing hardware compatibility and deployment models.

Addressing, VLANs, and Core Network Services

  • IP address planning and subnet design.
  • VLAN design and basics of 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.
  • Redundancy, route filtering, and failover concepts.

Switching Design and Implementation

  • Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching roles within an enterprise network.
  • Uplink design, VLAN implementation, and trunking.
  • Loop prevention and link resiliency fundamentals.

Enterprise Wi-Fi Planning and Deployment

  • Coverage, capacity, and SSID planning.
  • Network design 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

  • Utilising inventory and IP address management tools such as NetBox.
  • Documenting topology, addressing, and service dependencies.
  • Change control and configuration standards.

Monitoring and Troubleshooting

  • Building 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 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.
  • Building runbooks, support processes, and a roadmap for production adoption.

Requirements

  • Familiarity with fundamental IP networking, switching, VLANs, and Wi-Fi concepts.
  • Experience in network administration, Linux system administration, or IT infrastructure support.
  • Basic command-line proficiency and experience editing configuration files.

Target Audience

  • Network engineers and administrators.
  • Infrastructure and systems engineers.
  • IT managers and technical leads evaluating or planning an open-source network stack.
 21 Hours

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