====== Features ======
{{description>BSD Router Project features list}}
===== Requirements =====
  * 256MB USB key/Compact flash media,
  * 128MB RAM
  * x86 or x86-64 processors
  * consoles: standard vga/keyboard or headless (serial)
===== Base System =====
  * Base OS: Embedded [[http://www.freebsd.org/|FreeBSD]] 8.2-Release using [[Documentation:Technical docs:NanoBSD|NanoBSD]]
  * Easy upgrade process using two system partitions
===== Routing features =====
  * All routing protocol supported by [[http://www.quagga.net/|quagga]]: BGP, RIP and RIPng (IPv6), OSPF v2 and OSFP v3 (IPv6), ISIS
  * All routing protocol supported by [[http://bird.network.cz/|Bird]]: BGP, RIP and RIPng (IPv6), OSPF v2 and OSFP v3 (IPv6)
  * Multicast: DVMRP, IPv6 PIM Dense Mode and Sparse Mode
  * Multiple FIB: 16 Routing Tables available
  * High availability with CARP (support also load balancing the incoming connections) and VRRP.
  * Multi-link PPP: PPTP, PPPoE, L2TP, etc... (all features supported by [[http://mpd.sourceforge.net/|mpd]])
===== Qos =====
  * Alternate queuing using [[http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=altq&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8.1-RELEASE&format=html|ALTQ]]: Class Based Queuing, Random Early Detection, Random Early Drop, Hierarchical Packet Scheduler, Priority Queuing
  * Traffic shaper using [[http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipfw&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8.1-RELEASE&format=html|IPFW]] 
===== Ethernet features =====
  * 802.1q vlan tagging
  * link aggregation and link failover interface
  * bridging with support of Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1w)
===== Network services =====
  * DHCP Relay
  * DHCP Server
===== Management =====
From CLI only:
  * local console, serial and SSH access
  * Command completion with somes BSDRP tools: config, system, show and upgrade
===== Monitoring =====
  * SNMP v1,v2c and v3
  * Syslog
  * Netflow
===== Security =====
  * mtree reference files available for system integrity check (sha256)
===== Extra tools =====
benchmark:
  * NetPipe
  * Iperf
  * NetBlast/NetReceive