Teach your router new tricks with DD-WRT

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	Teach your router new tricks with DD-WRT With each passing year, hardware devices grow less dependent on proprietary components and more reliant on open source technologies. Network routers are among the main beneficiaries of this trend, especially those that can support a variety of third-party open source firmware projects. One variant, DD-WRT has become a common out-of-the-box option for many routers, but also exists in stand-alone implementations that can be placed on routers that support it. Hundreds of routers can run DD-WRT firmware, including nearly 100 Linksys models alone. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Load Balancing 101: Firewall Sandwiches How to make a ''firewall sandwich''. Read now. Learn More! In this Issue 100G Ethernet coming to a Cisco rack near you? To virtualize or not to virtualize? That is the question for ADCs Cisco security advisory day CloudFlare unveils free IPv6 translation service VMware networking exec leaves VMware for OpenFlow startup Big Switch Networks: Here's why WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies CA Technologies Newsletter featuring Gartner Research This publication, enhanced by Gartner research, reveals how to take a proactive IT approach which ensures visibility and control during the adoption of virtualization and cloud environments. Read now 100G Ethernet coming to a Cisco rack near you? The IEEE this week announced the formation of a task group chartered to specify 100Gbps Ethernet operation over backplanes and short-reach copper cable assemblies. The work of the IEEE P802.3bj task force will be an amendment to the 802.3 Ethernet standard and it seeks to enable development of lower-cost, higher-density 100G Ethernet platforms. Read More WHITE PAPER: ExtraHop Application Performance Management In this eGuide, Network World, with sister publication CIO, offer news on the latest trends, best practices, and straightforward advice on these solutions and the challenges of managing application performance. Learn More! To virtualize or not to virtualize? That is the question for ADCs Without sounding sarcastic, the primary benefit of a virtual application delivery controller (ADC) is that, well, it's virtual. It requires no hardware to deploy making it low cost. It's mobile so the ADC can be moved from one location to another in real time and it can be self provisioned by anyone, including an application developer. But virtual ADCs have their drawbacks, too. Read More WHITE PAPER: ADTRAN Socializing your UC Strategy Beyond standard cost savings – minimizing a bit of travel or enabling you to consolidate some servers or voicemail systems – UC is really about improving productivity by stitching together various systems employees rely on. Learn more Cisco security advisory day Cisco today unveiled a slew of security advisories on several vulnerabilities in its IOS software. In all, there look to be eight or nine advisories on IOS, dealing with issues like IPv6 over MPLS, IP service level agreements, SIP, NAT, IPv6 DoS and more. Read More CloudFlare unveils free IPv6 translation service Startup CloudFlare is turning the economics of IPv6 transition on its head with a free cloud-based IPv6-to-IPv4 translation service that is available to website operators starting today. Read More VMware networking exec leaves VMware for OpenFlow startup Big Switch Networks: Here's why Howie Xu has been at VMware since he co-invented and helped to launch the vSwitch. Since that time Howie has lead the development efforts for VMware's networking strategy until this past week when he joined OpenFlow startup Big Switch Networks. I had the chance to sit down with Howie to discuss his new role as VP of Engineering for Big Switch Networks, why he left VMware, and his take on the future. Read More
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