FreeRouter Alternatives

Alternatives list

1. Q

   Q

   Quagga

    5 likes

   Quagga is a network routing software suite providing implementations of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Routing Information Protocol (RIP), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and IS-IS for Unix-like platforms, particularly Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and NetBSD.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD

   Q

   F

   Good alternative?Is Quagga a good alternative to FreeRouter?

    
2. B

   B

   BIRD

    3 likes

   BIRD is an open source implementation of a TCP/IP routing daemon for Unix like systems. It supports both IPv4 and IPv6, multiple routing tables, and a BGP, RIP and OSPF routing protocols, as well as statically defined routes.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Linux

   B

   F

   Good alternative?Is BIRD a good alternative to FreeRouter?

    
4. E

   E

   ExaBGP

    1 like

   exabgp - The BGP swiss army knife of networking.

   Unlike BIRD or Quagga, ExaBGP was not designed to transform a general purpose server into a router, but to allow engineers to control their network easily. Think of it as Software Defined Networking for people with usual BGP route.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux
   • BSD

   E

   F

   Good alternative?Is ExaBGP a good alternative to FreeRouter?

    
5. X

   X

   XORP

    Like

   XORP is an Internet Protocol routing software suite. It provides a fully featured platform that implements IPv4 and IPv6 routing protocols and a unified platform to configure them. It is the only open source platform to offer integrated multicast capability.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux

   X

   F

   Good alternative?Is XORP a good alternative to FreeRouter?