SANOG XVIII
8-16 September, 2011, Pokhara, Nepal

The venue for SANOG XVIII is Pokhara. The meeting will be hosted by the Nepal Internet Exchange with support from other local bodies.

Call for Papers

Workshops Schedule
Tutorials Schedule
Conference Schedule

Workshops 8-12 September 2011

Track 1: IPv4 and IPv6 Routing and Deployment (slides - 19MB)
Instructors: Gaurab Raj Upadhaya, Jonny Martin, GZ Kabir, Kshitiz Shrestha, Kabindra Shrestha

Track 2: Campus Network Design and Deployment (NSRC Workshop Page)
Instructors: Phil Regnauld, Dale Smith, Brian Candler,

Track 3: Transport :MPLS Network Design and Deployment (slides - 33MB)
Instructors: Srini Irigi, Alastain Johnson and Ram Krishna Pariyar.

Workshop Details

Opening Social Event : 12 September 2011 , Hotel Barahi, Lake Side

Tutorials: 13 - 14 September 2011

Tutorial: 13 September 2011

Track A: Transport Layer - MPLS, Metro Ethernet, DWDM etc.
AM: Carrier Ethernet and OAM - Santanu Dasgupta
PM : Wireless Networks site assessment, preparation and installation - Jamie Horrell.

Track B : Application Layer : DNSSec, Network Management
AM : Introduction to DNSSec Deployment : Phil Regnauld
PM : ABCs of Network Management : GZ Kabir

Track C: APNIC Track
AM/PM : IPv6 Essentials ; Nurul Islam

Track D: Multicast
PM1 :Introduction to Multicast - Srini Irigi

Tutorial: 14 September 2011

Track A: Network Transport Layer - IPv6, MPLS, Metro Ethernet etc.
AM : Service Provider IPv6 migration tutorial - Srinath Beldona, WIPRO
PM1: Introduction to Various Transport technologies - Alastair Johnson
PM2: Sub 50ms protection switching and Ethernet OAM in Metro Ethernet.- Gaurav Sethi


Track B : Applications and Data Center
AM : Data Center Design and Virtualization - Md. Jahangir Hossain
PM : Building Robust IPTSP Based on Open Source Technology - Anowar Hasan Sabir

Track C: APNIC Track
AM : Internet Resource Management Tutorial : Nurul Islam and APNIC
PM : Internet Routing Registry (whois, route objects, etc) : Nurul Islam

Conference : 15- 16 Septmeber 2011

15 September 2011

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Opening Session

Keynote Speech:
Internet - as it has grown and is growing - Martin Levy, Hurricane Electric

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Coffee Break

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM: Internet and IPv6
World IPv6 Day Impact: Anne Lord
World IPv6 Day experience from Pakistan - Aftab Siddique
Approaches to LSN and IPv6 adoption - Alastair Johnson, Alcatel - Lucent

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM: Lunch

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM: Access Network Deployment
Building Reliable Wireless: Jamie Horrell
GPON Deployment experience from Cybernet – Aftab Siddique
Building Access Networks for non-facilities based Operators – Gaurab Raj Upadhaya

3:30 PM – 4:-00 PM – Coffee Break

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM – Internet Exchanges and Peering
Update from Internet Exchange Nepal (NPIX) – Binay Bohra, Samit Jana
Update from Bangladesh Internet Exchange (BDIX) – GZ Kabir

Panel Discussion on Benefits of Overseas Peering vs. Buying Transit

Overseas Peering Experience of NIIG – Deepak Shrestha
Building a Global Peering Network – Martin Levy

16 September 2011

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Internet Organizations Update
APNIC Update – IPv4 Exhaustion, IPv6 adoption, – Nurul Islam
ISOC Update – IETF, Community Grants, Chapters – Anne Lord
ICANN Updates - New gTLDs, IDNs – Save Vocea
Routing Table Update - Philip Smith
Benefits of R&E Networks and NRENs Update – Rajan Parajuli

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Coffee Break

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Closing Session
Migration of TDM Network into NGN for the Fixed Wireline Access Network - Subodh Paudel
Large scale DNS Operations with Database Backend – Devdas Bhagat
Closing Discussion