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FRRouting

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FRRouting
Initial releaseApril 3, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-04-03)
Stable release
10.1.1[1] / September 12, 2024; 19 days ago (2024-09-12)
Repositorygithub.com/FRRouting/frr
Written inC, Python
Operating systemLinux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD
PredecessorQuagga
LicenseGNU GPLv2
Websitefrrouting.org

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. FRRouting is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 (GPL2).

Supported protocols

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FRR provides implementations of the following protocols:

It also provides alpha implementations of:

History

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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.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FRR Releases". FFRouting Github Page. 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  2. ^ "Free Range Routing Project Forks Quagga". Packet Pushers. 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
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