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Cisco BGP in Depth: CCNP & CCIE Routing (Udemy.com)

Deep Cisco BGP routing: path attributes, policies, and design skills for CCNP/CCIE paths

Created by: Sikandar Shaik

Last updated September 2026

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What you will learn

  • Configure BGP neighbors, address families, and eBGP or iBGP peering on Cisco routers
  • Apply BGP path attributes, route policies, prefix lists, and route maps to control inbound and outbound routing
  • Design BGP route selection, scaling, route reflection, confederations, and convergence for enterprise and service-provider networks
  • Troubleshoot BGP sessions and reachability using show commands, filtering, route verification, ping, and traceroute

How it compares

Against the other 523 rated Udemy courses in Hacking on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 85% of them
  • Reviews2,032#109 of 524 by number of reviews
  • Length14.2 hourslonger than 82% of them
  • Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 87% of them

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Course Description

Deep Cisco BGP routing for CCNP and CCIE paths: path attributes, policies, and design.


Course Description – BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) Advanced Routing

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the routing technology that powers the largest and most sophisticated network in the world today—the Internet. It is the protocol responsible for interconnecting autonomous systems and enabling efficient, scalable, and policy-driven routing between global networks.

BGP is also a foundational component of many modern networking technologies, including Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), cloud connectivity, service provider architectures, and large-scale enterprise WAN environments. A strong understanding of BGP is essential for any engineer aspiring to work at an advanced level in routing and design.

This course is taught by a dual CCIE-certified expert with more than 10 years of hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting BGP in production networks. The training covers BGP theory, configuration on Cisco IOS routers, best practices, and deep troubleshooting techniques.

The curriculum includes various service provider and enterprise design scenarios, focusing on:

  • BGP neighbor relationships

  • Route advertisement and path selection

  • Attributes and policies for traffic engineering

  • Advanced BGP features and protocol scalability

  • Real-world usage rules and design considerations

Students will also work through hands-on exercises that reinforce practical configuration and analysis skills.

Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be prepared to design, implement, and maintain robust, efficient, and policy-driven BGP networks suitable for both enterprise and service provider environments. This training is highly valuable for professionals preparing for CCNP, CCIE, or real-world BGP deployment roles.

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Instructor Details

Sikandar Shaik

About the Instructor

Sikandar Shaik – CCIE x3 (Enterprise | Service Provider | Security)
Senior Cisco Trainer • Network Security Consultant • Global Instructor

I am a dynamic and results-driven Cisco Trainer and Network Security Consultant with extensive experience delivering advanced Enterprise, Service Provider, Data Center, Security, and SD-WAN trainings to global organizations across 15+ countries.

With strong multi-technology expertise and a practical, real-world teaching approach, I specialize in simplifying complex concepts and helping learners develop job-ready skills from CCNA to CCIE levels.

My training philosophy is built on a strong “whatever-it-takes” mindset to ensure learner success and customer satisfaction.

Over the past decade, I have trained and mentored 15,000+ professionals worldwide and have designed, optimized, and troubleshot complex enterprise and carrier-grade networks across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.


Core Competencies

Enterprise & Service Provider Network Design

Cisco Routing & Switching (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS)

SD-WAN, SD-Access (SDA), Cisco DNAC, Cisco ISE

Cisco ASA & Firepower NGFW

Network Security Architecture & Hardening

Data Center Technologies (NX-OS, ACI – foundational & deployment exposure)

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Reviews

4.7

2,032 ratings on Udemy

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By Jose L. Puerta on 2/24/2025

If you're serious about mastering BGP and working with Cisco routers, this course is a fantastic deep dive into one of the most critical protocols in networking. The instructor does an excellent job of breaking down complex BGP concepts into digestible, real-world explanations, making it accessible whether you're refreshing your knowledge or learning from scratch. The course covers everything from basic BGP principles to advanced topics like route filtering, path manipulation, and troubleshooting, all with practical labs that reinforce the concepts. The hands-on exercises are particularly valuable, giving you the confidence to configure and troubleshoot BGP in a real-world environment. Highly recommended for network engineers looking to deepen their BGP expertise!

By Biju Kayakal on 8/1/2023

Good overview of BGP concepts in a very structured manner. Was looking forward to the actual message formats sent on the wire through Wireshark also. Having one session on that will be a great.

By Sadossou on 11/26/2022

Really enjoyed this course. Topics were well explained and illustrated in the labs. Great refresher. Sikandar is very knowlegeable. Thank you for this great course

By Dwight Shepherd on 2/14/2022

This course was very helpful. I am fairly new to BGP and this course help to clarify and cement some important concepts and nuances of this protocol. I would recommended this course.

By Andreas Kheng on 9/7/2021

This Author provide a very good explanation about everything you need to know about how to learn about CCIE Routing Switching Technology, and Sikandar is very generous because he likes to share about new study material about Cisco New Technologies.

By Rose on 8/22/2020

At first, I thought the videos were too lengthy or too long for each topic. However, as I progress through each of the topics, I realized that he is actually taking his time to explain and go an extra mile on each concepts for us to deeply understand BGP. He is great at explaining concepts and behaviors that other courses in this site had failed to do. Cheers for you sir!

By Sonjoy Kumar on 4/25/2020

It is a very important topic to exchange routing tables to the internet. so I am very lucky to get this experience and nice courses and it is a nice journey with BGP on Cisco Router.

By Anonymized User on 12/10/2019

its really awesome video series to get brush up on BGP protocol. of course you need to have handson practice as well and more reading books. For Trainer: Please avoid background local noises. Please try to record videos in quiet room. it will improve your video and sound quality. Thank you very much..

By Victor Lama on 12/13/2016

Overall good content...I would clean up the background noise (kids, birds, etc), draw clearer diagrams when making a point, and focus more on the WHY and off REAL WORLD examples! That would be huge....thank you

By Farouq Taj on 4/13/2016

In the past I've tried to understand BGP by reading books. Its been a slow and difficult process and I've never finished the book. This course has changed all that. I wish I had come across it earlier. The pace of the course is perfect for learning with plenty of repetition and summaries to ensure you've understood the material.

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Overall Score : 94 / 100