NextHop Technologies will support MontaVista Software's carrier grade Linux operating system with its NextHop GateD IP-routing software. The combination will give telecommunications equipment manufacturers (TEMs) and network equipment providers (NEPs) in multiple market segments a high-end, pre-tested routing solution on a carrier-grade version of Linux, the companies say.

NetHop said its GateD 10.2 routing software is licensed as source code to TEMs and NEPs and offers “the most stable, fully functional, and widely used routing protocol in the world.” According to NextHop, GateD is the first IP-routing source code product with two management interfaces: an XML routing API; and a command line interface. GateD has received Open Platform for Security (OPSEC) certification from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

MontaVista says its MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition is the first product to comply with the Open Source Development Labs' “Carrier Grade Linux Specification 1.1.” The specification comprises standards such as the Linux Standards Base (LSB), IPv6 (including IPSECv6 and MIPv6), SNMP support, and POSIX interfaces for timers, signals, message queues, semaphores, event logging, and threads.

 
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