Cisco BGP Masterclass for Enterprise Network Engineers (Udemy.com)
Become a BGP expert with full hands-on lab exercises included.
Created by: Neil Anderson
Last updated September 2026
What you will learn
- Become an expert in the BGP Border Gateway Protocol on Cisco routers.
- Gain hands-on BGP configuration and troubleshooting experience through practice labs.
- Develop advanced level BGP networking skills to work on enterprise production networks.
- Explore how BGP technologies work in real world environments.
Course Description
If you want to take your networking career to the next level by mastering BGP on Cisco routers, then this course is for you! It gives you a deep understanding of how BGP works, and how to configure and troubleshoot it.
This is the one course you need to master BGP on Cisco routers.
Full lab exercises are included so you'll get the hands-on practical skills you need to work on real world networks, and it's the only BGP course online where all questions posted in the Q&A section are answered.
It offers an easy to understand, structured approach to shortcut your path to mastering BGP.
In this course, you will:
· Develop advanced level Cisco BGP networking knowledge and practical skills
· Walk through complete and easy to understand explanations of each BGP concept
· Follow simple step by step instructions to build your own fully featured lab on your laptop
· Gain hands on configuration and troubleshooting experience through comprehensive lab exercises
· Learn how advanced networking really works through real world examples throughout the course
· Gain demonstrable knowledge and practical experience to supercharge your networking career
Supercharge Your Learning with Hands-on Practice
This course is chock full of activities. You’ll get over 150 pages of hands-on lab exercises with detailed answers to check your understanding every step of the way and build your configuration and troubleshooting skills. Full diagrams and lab setup files are included so you can get started immediately with just your laptop. No hardware equipment is required.
All slides in the course are also included in supplemental study notes format with expanded bullet points clearly explaining the concepts.
Why Learn from Me
In this course, you won’t just gain the book smarts to understand BGP. You’ll also hone your hands-on skills to succeed as a network engineer in the real world. I’m a professional instructor who has been entrusted by Cisco since 2007 to develop and deliver training courses for their own engineers and partners. I’ve also designed multiple training courses for the largest service providers in the Asia Pacific region such as IBM, Verizon, and the Australian National Broadband Network. I’ve spent years distilling my decades’ worth of networking experience from the field into mentoring and supporting other systems engineers, and I’m passionate about passing my knowledge of Cisco networks onto others.
As a student in this course, you’ll get lifetime access to the course materials and answers to every question you ask in the Q&A board. I love interacting with my students: anything you want to know, please ask.
Value
If you take a comparable BGP course at a training centre it will cost you thousands of dollars, and when it’s over you can’t experience the tutorials again or ask the instructor any more questions. When you take my course you can learn anytime you want in the comfort of your own home, and I’m always here for you whenever you need any help.
Not sure about the best way to pay for this course? Ask your manager at work if they’ll expense it. They won’t have to pay the large fees of traditional classroom learning or have to cover your absence for a week. They get huge value from this investment in your future.
When you’re done with the course, you’ll have truly mastered BGP. I’m excited to share all of my knowledge with you.
Join me on this journey to turbocharging your career!
Instructor Details
- 4.8 Rating
1,369 Reviews
Neil Anderson
Hi, I'm Neil Anderson, and my mission is to build the best Cloud and Data Center systems engineers possible.
I dropped out of school with no qualifications or future plans at the age of 15. When I got a little bit older and wiser I realised I should make a career for myself so I pulled myself up by learning about IT technologies through books and online resources. It’s my passion now to help you do the same.
You know how some instructors seem to get a kick out of making things complicated to make themselves look smarter than you? I love to make things as easy to understand as possible and seeing you get that lightbulb moment.
I'm proud of my 'Top Responder' tag on Udemy and unless I'm on an international flight I'll personally answer your questions within 24 hours. I genuinely care about giving you the best experience possible, both in the quality of my training and in ongoing support.
Nothing makes me feel better than hearing back from students who I've helped move on to the next level in their career. It gives me huge satisfaction to know I've played a part in you achieving your goals.
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Reviews
By Jay Popat on 8/24/2025
Best course to learn about BGP, Neil is awesome to explain any hard topic in easy way. The way course design is superb. Small small details convered in each topic about customer point of view and SP point of view. Method of explaining senario and topic is really fantastic. Specially i notied that when fundamental things are there it comes in every chapter like flashback so it keeps reminding you about key points. Thanks Neil, You are the BEST.
By Kamil Kugler on 8/8/2025
This course seems to be quite comprehensive for a BGP starter. I have got to admit that Neil's approach to theory and hands on at the same time was always has dragged me towards his courses. With Anki cards now they are even more irresistable. Thanks a lot Neil! I am one of this people that was able to greatly benefit from your education.
By Mukta Goyal on 4/30/2025
The content is very good. Only feedback is that the instructor video at the bottom right is very distracting as it is continuously moving when you are trying to focus on the configs or content.
By Kevin Queitsch on 2/10/2025
Neil's CCNA course is already excellent quality and I am delighted that there is a BGP course from him. He explains things clearly and comprehensibly and the structure of the course is simply superb. I can recommend the course to anyone who wants to learn BGP. I hope Neil brings out a CCNP and CCIE course soon :)
By Michael Haynie on 1/15/2025
Ive been studying for the CCNP encor exam for several months now and this course is an amazing addition since I have been confused about route filtering and some aspects of BGP. Really great teacher, makes everything clear and concise.
By Cyrus Hurley on 12/2/2024
Neil's class is truly amazing! He explains both route filtering (prefix lists/acls) so clearly (in lesson 3), and he explains BGP in lesson 4 just as well. I actually got halfway through his BGP section, before having to put in on pause for a month. When I came back, I started completely over and it made even more sense the second time around. I HIGHLY recommend! 5 stars and 2 thumbs up!
By Moin Chowdhury on 12/4/2023
This is wonderful course prepared by Neil. This is the best BGP course I found online. Neil is not only focus on basic of BGP but also he explained how to apply BGP in professional domain. I really appreciate and strongly recommended all network engineers to go through the course. Neil, please carry on and we expect more course from you on different networking topic.
By Norbert Arany on 11/29/2023
I already took part in Neil's other curse when I wanted to refresh my CCNA knowledge. That was so clearly explained and so useful that when I was looking for BGP training and saw that he has one, I did not think twice about buying it. And again, it was the best explanation of BGP that I have encountered so far. I can recommend his curses from the bottom of my heart.
By Isaac J Rodriguez on 11/11/2023
So far this is good stuff. I like being able to manipulate routes and getting more info on this prior to digging into BGP is a great strategy. UPDATE (35): Getting into the BGP configuration area, the information is clear and concise.
By Reetesh Hurkhoo on 3/15/2023
Initially I did not know form where to start learning BGP. It's a rather vast topic covering multiple concepts, easy to get lost. However, this course really helped me as it is well structured. Mr. Neil is a fantastic instructor. He explained all the concepts very well and also gave loads of lab demos to back the theory. Thanks a load. I definitely recommend this course to anyone who wants to enhance his knowledge in BGP
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