Open-source software for uses in networking applications is relatively rare, but start-up Vyatta Inc. recently released free software that provides basic router functions while running on a commodity ...

Open-source software for networking is still rare, but analysts and users say that could be changing. Start-up Vyatta Inc. last month released free software that provides basic router functions while ...

Open source router company Vyatta debuted earlier this year with a Red Hat-style alternative to Cisco and Juniper offerings: the Open Flexible Router, an open source-based WAN router and firewall ...

Open source operating systems have successfully spread to various nooks and crannies of technology, powering servers all over the internet, including routers. Consultant Brett Burney looks at the ...

A move is afoot to revive development of an open-source router platform. The Extensible Open Router Platform (XORP) is an open-source software project for creating production-level open-source router ...

When you buy a computer today, you choose between the consumer-friendly platforms of Windows or Mac. Alternatives such as Linux are completely ignored. The kernel of the Linux operating system is ...

Open source has already shown some limited promise in the networking and IP telephony arenas. In the hallways at almost any IP telephony conference, attendees will inevitably hear someone mention ...

Replying to "Best Open Source Router for PFSense": Click to expand... I'd say it really depends on your application. Modern commodity hardware is amazingly capable for smaller installations...and ...

Do "mainstream" router purchasers even know what brand their router is? Serious question. I imagine most non-techies think of their router the same way they might think of their refrigerator or ...

The headless package is available on GitHub, promoting transparency across the open-source community. Here's all you need to ...

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Once upon a time, using open-source servers and applications for business was frowned upon in many circles. Today, you’d be hard pressed to find any sizeable infrastructure that doesn’t leverage ...