| Product | Ubiquiti ERPro-8 EdgeMAX EdgeRouter Pro [ Website] | Summary | Very fast Gigabit Ethernet router based on Vyatta code running on dual-core Cavium CPU | Pros | • Wire-speed Gigabit routing
• Highly configurable
• Advanced routing features | Cons | • Limited GUI configuration. Mostly CLI
• Does not come plug-and-play out of box
• Documentation requires lots of reading between lines and Forum consultation |
Operating SystemUbiquiti's EdgeRouter EdgeOS is based on Vyatta, an open source network operating system. Vyatta is based on Debian Linux. (Note, in November 2012, Brocade announced it was acquiring Vyatta.) You can familiarize yourself with Vyatta, and thus EdgeOS, by downloading a free Vyatta Virtual Machine(version 6.6) and running it in VMWare's free VMWare Player software. There are some differences between Vyatta and EdgeOS (Ubiquiti forked Vyatta at version VC6.3), but they are more similar than different. Familiarizing yourself with Vyatta might be a good (and free) means to determine if the EdgeRouter is for you.
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