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title[ #002 ] RARE/FreeRouter-101 - key take-away
  • FreeRouter is using UNIX socket in order to forward packet.

After compilation you You can use pcapInt binary from freeRouter net-tools that will bind freeRouter socket (locathost:26011) to a physical network interface (localhost:26021@enp0s9) 

It support a huge list of feature with IPv4/IPv6 parity. In this example we demonstrated how an interface can inherit IPv4/IPv6 addresses from IPv4 DHCP server or IPv6 SLAAC

  • freeRouter can interact with the real network (in various flavors. We will develop this in further articles)

It can be used as a BGP route reflector in Internet Service Provider environment, as ROA/RPKI validator, BMP server, BGP looking glass, route server etc.

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