--- title: BGP Labs: a Year Later « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev description: A one-year progress update on the BGP Labs project at bgplabs.net, which revives BGP lab exercises originally created in the mid-1990s. The project now... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bgp-labs-a-year-later-ipspace-net-blog-6mof1oyk1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: BGP Labs: a Year Later « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: A one-year progress update on the BGP Labs project at bgplabs.net, which revives BGP lab exercises originally created in the mid-1990s. The project now... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bgp-labs-a-year-later-ipspace-net-blog-6mof1oyk1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6MOF1Oyk1.png og:image:alt: BGP Labs: a Year Later « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # BGP Labs: a Year Later « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A one-year progress update on the BGP Labs project at bgplabs.net, which revives BGP lab exercises originally created in the mid-1990s. The project now includes 26 deploy-BGP exercises (covering AS path manipulations, MD5 passwords, BFD, TCP/AO, interface EBGP sessions), 15 BGP routing policy exercises, 4 load balancing exercises, and 5 challenge labs. The labs are free, support over a dozen network operating systems, and can be run quickly using containers or built with free/open-source software. Future plans include more challenge labs and advanced scenarios. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What topics are covered in the free BGP labs at bgplabs.net? The BGP labs cover 26 deploy-BGP exercises including AS path manipulations, MD5 passwords, BFD, TCP/AO, and interface EBGP sessions; 15 BGP routing policy exercises including route disaggregation; 4 load balancing exercises covering EBGP ECMP, BGP Link Bandwidth, and BGP Additional Paths; and 5 challenge labs. The labs support more than a dozen network operating systems and are free of charge. _Network engineers working through BGP certification prep track new lab releases on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [BGP-Free Core with SR-MPLS « ipSpace.net blog](https://daily.dev/posts/bgp-free-core-with-sr-mpls-ipspace-net-blog-h7kronzy3) · ipSpace.net Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#bgp](https://daily.dev/tags/bgp) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/bgp-labs-a-year-later-ipspace-net-blog-6mof1oyk1) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"BGP Labs: a Year Later « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/bgp-labs-a-year-later-ipspace-net-blog-6mof1oyk1","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/bgp-labs-a-year-later-ipspace-net-blog-6mof1oyk1"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:51:49.639Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T08:54:23.523Z","description":"A one-year progress update on the BGP Labs project at bgplabs.net, which revives BGP lab exercises originally created in the mid-1990s. 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