VyOS Universal Router for AWS (Standard Support) - Pay-as-You-Go
VyOS Inc | 1.4.0Linux/Unix, Debian VyOS 1.4.0 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Experience with VYOS
What do you like best about the product?
VYOS in my experience is very stable and upgrade process is also very easy. I used it in my HomeLab and it had many features like IPSEC, BGP even some new routing protocol like babel. Containerization in another thing i like the most where you can download Docker images so integration was easy.
What do you dislike about the product?
now that LTS version you cannot build it yourself.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
VyOS is very fast VPN with services like Wireguard and IPSEC with ease of use like juniper .
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Long time users since Vyatta 6.1 and can't think of anything better for our needs
What do you like best about the product?
We find VyOS very easy to use, the CLI is very intuitive and particularly familiar if you come from a Juniper background. It's very easy to get installed and you can build up configuration slowly without tying yourself up in knots, it'll give you useful messages when things aren't working. Although we don't have a support contract ourselves, we've found the VyOS developers and staff very supportive and welcoming. We've used VyOS ever it first started as a project (moving away from Vyatta 6.1), so we've been using either Vytatta or VyOS since 2010 and have never stopped. The fact that it has a built in PPPoE server makes it very easy to allow other routers (e.g. OpenWRT) to sit behind VyOS and get a public IP.
What do you dislike about the product?
I can't really think of any. Obviously from time to time you might wish it had an extra feature or two, but nothing that you can't suggest or contribute yourself... as it's an open source project.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Function Office leverages VyOS to enhance the IT infrastructure of our Seaquake project, enabling us to provide no-cost IT services to other non-profits, community groups, and charities who receive help through our IT Outreach programme.
Independent, robust and affordable emcomm gateway
What do you like best about the product?
We can use a wide spectrum of hardware and tailor the software to fit our needs, its affordable and have so far been very robust.
What do you dislike about the product?
We have so far not experienced any downsides.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Main problems are budget limits and availability of flexible solutions. Vyos is free for us to use, supports affordable hatrdware and has been possible to customiza.
Great networking product for versatility.
What do you like best about the product?
I love the ability to install VyOS in the virtual environment and on standard physical computers to help resolve complicated network scenarios. I also like utilizing the Linux back end to extend the capability beyond the typical router setup.
What do you dislike about the product?
The main downside of VyOS is currently the lack of a GUI. For me personally, working in the command line my entire IT career, it is not an issue, but some of my colleagues would prefer a GUI to help them with configurations.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I utilize VYOS for site-to-site VPN, virtual routers in our virtual infrastructure, and at our many sites as a network diagnostic tool, including speed tests and multicasting testing.
A real alternative for the business world
What do you like best about the product?
A simple CLI that allows you to view complete configurations.
All the necessary features for Internet connectivity in an affordable hardware device.
An accessible Debian-Linux base that allows you to adapt the equipment to your needs.
All the necessary features for Internet connectivity in an affordable hardware device.
An accessible Debian-Linux base that allows you to adapt the equipment to your needs.
What do you dislike about the product?
Logging and monitoring functionalities are not up to par with commercial solutions such as Cisco IOS or Juniper
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
BGP v4 connectivity to our ASN without the associated cost of specialized hardware.
DMVPN wire-speed connectivity.
DMVPN wire-speed connectivity.
A reliable and stable platform for critical infrastructure
What do you like best about the product?
VyOS offers a robust and flexible platform that is essential for our operations at Bushfire.io. It provides core network services that allow us to efficiently manage and scale our infrastructure to serve hundreds of thousands of users. The reliability and customisability of VyOS enable us to deliver critical natural disaster information swiftly and securely, ensuring that our users receive timely updates during emergencies.
What do you dislike about the product?
VyOS is a great platform. Having never deployed VyOS, we went from zero to production within a short time period.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
VyOS solves several critical problems for us at Bushfire.io, primarily by providing a reliable and scalable network infrastructure. It ensures seamless connectivity and robust network management, which is crucial for delivering real-time natural disaster information to our users. The platform's flexibility allows us to customise our network setup to meet specific needs, enhancing our service's overall efficiency and reliability. By using VyOS, we can focus on our core mission of keeping communities safe, knowing that our network infrastructure is secure and capable of handling high traffic volumes during emergencies.
Solid routing platform for an ISP
What do you like best about the product?
It's open source. The fact that it can be installed on cheap, readily available hardware. In our case, coming from EdgeOS, the config structure was very familiar. It is very stable. We have been using it increasingly for ~2 years now on an eBGP network and have zero issues. 18 of our 50+ sites have transitioned to VyOS and until just last week the only issue we have had was a DHCP server needed to be restarted one time. Otherwise as long as the power is up, they are operating. The issue discovered last week may well be with EdgeOS but we're having trouble getting a BFD session to establish from VyOS to EdgeOS.
What do you dislike about the product?
I honestly can't think of anything I dislike. It would be tiny nitpicking things if I mentioned anything but at the moment my mind is blank on that level of issue even.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Originally we had a WISP network built with EdgeOS running OSPF. After reaching around 50 routed sites OSPF became unstable in EdgeOS and we began looking to VyOS to replace it. At the same time as we began that replacement we also began transitioning our network to a full eBGP network. The combination of events solved the OSPF issue, but there were a handful of EdgeOS routers on our network that were still causing issues. Power cycles and/or lock ups randomly. We have been rebuilding those troublesome sites with all new equipment, and swapping EdgeOS with VyOS based routers and so far the problems are gone. ( It could just be a grounding issue with the EdgeOS based install and the rebuild solves that )
Also, when we first began to deploy VyOS, EdgeOS stock was non-existent due to the post-pandemic stock shortage. So being able to drop VyOS on almost any hardware was an extremey nice benefit. At some bigger sites we have it virtulized and that is working well also.
Also, when we first began to deploy VyOS, EdgeOS stock was non-existent due to the post-pandemic stock shortage. So being able to drop VyOS on almost any hardware was an extremey nice benefit. At some bigger sites we have it virtulized and that is working well also.
Highly stable and feature rich
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use
Ability to automate tasks - ease of integration
Versitility of platform - able to use same system for multiple tasks
Ability to automate tasks - ease of integration
Versitility of platform - able to use same system for multiple tasks
What do you dislike about the product?
Could use a GUI for newer users and graphical monitoring
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Ability to supply multiple VPN connection points - both remote users/road warriors and for site-to-site.
Using as main WAN edge device in multiple locations - NAT, Firewall
Internal systems routing - between subnets
Dynamic routing protocols - OSPF
One platform, one unit - multiple technology solutions - simplifed management
Using as main WAN edge device in multiple locations - NAT, Firewall
Internal systems routing - between subnets
Dynamic routing protocols - OSPF
One platform, one unit - multiple technology solutions - simplifed management
Pretty good for what it is
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of use coming in from other devices. It's extremely easy to get a grasp of how it works
What do you dislike about the product?
Just how different it is from everything else, no similarity to a lot of things is a tad annoying
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I needed a free, and easy to use virtual router
Fantastic solution that I enjoy working with
What do you like best about the product?
The availability and completeness of documentation. The ease of installation, configuration & integration. The feature set is vast. Very good customer support
What do you dislike about the product?
Honestly I have yet to come across a downside
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We had an old router die on us and replaced it's functionality with a VyOS baremetal instance
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