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BSD Router Project (BSDRP) is an embedded, free and open-source router distribution based on FreeBSD, with FRRouting and Bird.

Requirements

• 4 GB USB key or CompactFlash media

• 1 GB of RAM (512 MB is enough for virtualized tests)

• Processors: x86_64 (amd64) and arm64 (aarch64)

Base System


• Base OS: embedded FreeBSD built with Poudriere-image

• Easy upgrade process using two system partitions

Routing features


• All routing protocols supported by FRRouting: BGP, RIP and RIPng (IPv6), OSPF v2 and OSPF v3 (IPv6), IS-IS


• All routing protocols supported by Bird: BGP, RIP and RIPng (IPv6), OSPF v2 and OSPF v3 (IPv6)


• Multicast: DVMRP, PIM Dense Mode, PIM Sparse Mode, and static


• Multiple FIB: 16 routing tables available
High availability with CARP (which also supports load balancing of incoming connections) and VRRP


• Multi-link PPP: PPTP, PPPoE, L2TP, etc.
VPN: GRE, GIF, IPsec (IKEv1 and IKEv2 with strongSwan), OpenVPN, and WireGuard


• IPv6: native 6to4 tunnels, stateless and stateful NAT64 with IPFW, and Tayga for NAT64

QoS


• Traffic shaper with IPFW + dummynet, supporting FIFO, WF2Q+, RR (Deficit Round Robin), and QFQ


• Committed Access Rate with netgraph: single-rate three-color marker (RFC 2697), two-rate three-color marker (RFC 2698), RED-like, and traffic shaping with RED

Ethernet features

• 802.1Q VLAN tagging

• Link aggregation and link failover

• Bridging with support for Rapid Spanning
• Tree Protocol (802.1w)

Network services

• DHCP relay

• DHCP server

Management

Multi-tenant

• Isolated routers and firewalls for multiple customers (using jail/vnet)

Command line

• Local console, serial, and SSH access

• Command completion for BSDRP tools: config, system, show, and upgrade

Automation tools

• Any Python-based automation tool, such as Ansible

Monitoring

• monit

• SNMP v1, v2c, and v3

• Syslog

• Mail

• NetFlow with native ng_netflow (v5 and v9) and pmacct

Security

• mtree reference files available for system integrity checks (SHA-256)

Extra tools

Benchmark

• netmap's pkt-gen: high-performance packet generator/receiver

• IPsec equilibrium throughput
netperf, iperf2, and iperf3

• FreeBSD tools: netblast, netreceive, netsend

Visit the BSDRP website here:

https://bsdrp.net/

Support the FreeBSD Foundation here:

https://freebsdfoundation.org/donate-to-freebsd-foundation/