i have a linux router that has been faithfully serving IPv4 for quite some time. my ISP is now offering IPv6 and i am looking to get my hands dirty with some newness. being that this topic is mostly ...

I have a linux firewall/router setup at my parents house running Smoothwall right now. I would like to try some others though. What firewall/router configs are you running? I want it to be fairly easy ...

Providing a combination of rugged hardware, embedded Linux operating system, OSGi framework and pre-packaged routing software, the rugged ZyWAN offers a secure and robust connection across GSM/GPRS/3G ...

IT managers looking to build an open source-based networking infrastructure will shortly be able to get their hands on free software that handles a range of routing and security features. The Open ...

Linux and open source pros who have followed the developments of the eXtensible Open Router Platform (XORP) should get to know a bit of Sanskrit – the word Vyatta, in particular. Vyatta, which means ...

If you’re an American and you use the Internet at home, it seems probable that routers are going to be in short supply. The ...

Admittedly, Cisco probably isn’t (nor should it be) shaking in its boots over Linux router startups. Still another such player, ImageStream, is impressively strutting its stuff at Interop New York ...

Most of what we offer in Breaking News are roundups of the day's news — a convenient place to find the most important developments and have a chuckle at the same time. It's not that often that I get ...

Relying just on your router might not be the best idea.

Scientists at Berkeley are close to releasing an open-source software code that could do for routing what Linux did for operating systems. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, ...