FRRouting
{{Short description|Network routing software suite}}
{{Infobox software
| title = FRRouting
| name = FRRouting
| logo =
| logo size = 120 px
| released = {{Start date and age|2017|04|03}}
| latest release version = 10.1.1{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/releases|title=FRR Releases|date=2023-12-08|website=FFRouting Github Page|language=en-US|access-date=2024-03-29}}
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2024|09|12}}
| repo = {{URL|github.com/FRRouting/frr}}
| programming language = C, Python
| operating system = Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD
| license = GNU GPLv2
| website = {{URL|frrouting.org}}
| replaces = Quagga
}}
Free Range Routing or FRRouting or FRR is a network routing software suite running on Unix-like platforms, particularly Linux, Solaris, OpenBSD, FreeBSD and NetBSD. It was created as a fork from Quagga, which itself was a fork of GNU Zebra. FRRouting is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 (GPL2).
Supported protocols
FRR provides implementations of the following protocols:
- Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
- Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
- Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
- IS-IS
- Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
- Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
- Babel
- Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
- Ethernet VPN (EVPN)
It also provides alpha implementations of:
History
FRRouting broke away from the free routing software Quagga. Several Quagga contributors, including Cumulus Networks, 6WIND, and BigSwitch Networks, citing frustration about the pace of development, decided to fork the software and form their own community.{{Cite web|url=https://packetpushers.net/free-range-routing-project-forks-quagga/|title=Free Range Routing Project Forks Quagga|date=2017-04-10|website=Packet Pushers|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-04}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://lists.frrouting.org FRRouting Mailing Lists]
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{{Linux Foundation}}
Category:Free routing software
Category:Free software programmed in C
Category:Free software programmed in Python
Category:Software using the GNU General Public License
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