OpenWrt Kamikaze 8.09.2 is released. This is a Linux distribution for network routers, like the Linksys WRT54G, or the Asus WL-500g and a lot of other routers. This distribution adds a lot of new functionality to routers, like improved ipv6 functionality.

It’s a little known fact that the fimware on Linksys routers is open-source. In fact, the operating system on WRT54G’s version 4 and below is Linux. Some time ago, people took advantage of this and made their own replacement firmware images for their routers.

Microsoft employees may end up holding their noses a bit while surfing the Web on the company's new bus system. The mobile wireless routers on board the company's "Connector" employee bus system, made by Seattle-based Junxion Inc., use the open-source Linux operating system -- which Microsoft has identified as one of its biggest competitive threats.

Cisco has its own networking operating system, IOS, which has long been the mainstay of its routers and switches. But now Linux is powering a new generation of Cisco networking devices for small businesses.

Breathe new functionality into your router with Tomato third-party firmware for popular models of Broadcom-based routers, including popular models manufactured by Linksys.

DroneBL a distributed DNS Blacklist service, says in a recent blog post that a botnet named Psybot gained control of approximately one hundred thousand routers and that it became a victim of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that was carried out by this botnet

"...OLSRv2 is developed for mobile ad hoc networks. It operates as a table driven, proactive protocol, i.e. it exchanges topology information with other routers in the network regularly. OLSRv2 is an optimization of the classical link state routing protocol. Its key concept is that of MultiPoint Relays (MPRs).

Nagios provides a monitoring option to evaluate routers and switches using SNMP, Simple Network Management Protocol. This course will show you how to set up Nagios and specifically how to locate the information you want to monitor with SNMP on a Cisco router. This is a Free Course available to anyone.

Netflow with Cisco routers can be set up and integrated with Nagios for detailed information about traffic data on your routers and switches. Using nfdump and nfsen this data can be gathered and charted and then connected to the Nagios interface.