Rare project developers

[Alexander Gall <>]

On Fri, 6 May 2022 19:53:16 +0200, Frédéric LOUI <> 
said:

> The whole team is proud to announce the first release of RARE/freeRtr NOS 
> on :
> - Wedge 100BF-32X
> - Wedge 100BF-32QS
> - Wedge 100BF-64X 
> - APS6064X

Also the APS2556X1T (with rather shaky support of the gearbox ports as
per their buggy old BSP).

-- 
Alex

> This release is a first of its kind. It boasts:
 
> - an OpenSource routing NOS with feature rich features such as MPLS, 
> Segment Routing, SRv6 and related service (IPv4 and IPv6 L3VPN, VPLS EVPN 
> etc.)
> - OSPF, ISIS, EIGRP, RIP IGP with SR extension support 
> - Unique in-house IGP: LSRP, PVRP  with SR extension
> - BGP (v4 and v6) with an long list of address family support
> - a unique and innovative forwarding paradigm called Polka (kudo to UFES ;) 
> )
> - an extensive list of specific tailored profile (the RARE/freeRtr can act 
> as P/PE,BNG,BRAS, CGNAT, traffic cleaner and more !)
> - an innovative software life cycle management leveraging Nix package 
> manager paradigm.
-> it is possible to upgrade and rollback without any hitch at the software 
distribution level 
>       (think of an "apt upgrade" with the possibility to "apt downgrade #n 
> » at the router level)
> - multicast BIER
> - AMT gateway/relay
> - unicast 2 multicast translator 
> - the possibility to run on TOFINO(*) ASIC unlock 32x100GE traffic switching
> - A one liner ONIE image installation
> - and more …

> (*) It is not included in this release but RARE/freeRtr also runs on DPDK, 
> XDP, libpcap dataplane solution.

> More information at: 
> http://docs.freertr.org
> http://blog.freertr.org
> http://rare.freertr.org

> Last but not least: freertr.org

> For those you wants to start their journey:
> http://docs.freertr.org/guides/installation/

> A large kudos to mc36 and Alex for their extraordinary and amazing work.

> For the future: 
> * New features
> * new dataplanes 
> * but also TOFINO2 supports that will pave the road to 400G network path

> We sincerely hope that you would enjoy a great experience with this release 
> !

> Feel free to engage with us via:
> -  for users
> -  for developers
> - IRC via #freertr @ hackint
> - Discord via RARE/freeRtr guild (upon invitation)

> Happy networking,

> All the best
> Frederic--