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That software has now reached version 1.0, prompting the company to begin offering subscriptions for updates and ports. ComputerWire has the news, but here are some of the details for non-subscribers.

Dave Roberts, VP of strategy and marketing says one of the main additions to the product was in the area of connectivity. “Version 0.5 didn’t support serial T1/E1 links,” he said. “We’ve also added support for firewalls and a Web UI.”

The product is free to download from the company’s website on an individual pilot basis, while the payment of a subscription guarantees access to updates and information on software ports. OFR runs on a standard X.86 architecture and can route up to a couple of Gbps, Roberts adds.

As for market sweet spot, “It’s not carrier-grade, but it’s definitely suited to the branch office running a T1/E1 or DSL link, even up to a midsize enterprise core,” he says. As such, the platform may well appeal to companies building branch-in-a-box (BiaB) devices.

More details are available here, while the company is also planning to introduce its own router platform in the mid-range market combining off-the-shelf hardware with OFR, according to an earlier ComputerWire interview with Roberts.

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