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Our mission is to restore ownership of network infrastructure to our users through transparent, high-performance and vendor-neutral networking. Your network, your rules. VyOS Universal Router thrives on bare metal and all major hypervisors and cloud platforms: • Scales seamlessly from small devices to multi-core/nic instances • With this flexibility, you can harmonize your on-premises and cloud networks, eliminating the need for costly, proprietary VPN solutions. • Deploy VyOS Universal Router to create cost-effective, robust remote access VPNs for your off-site personnel or site-to-site VPNs Equipped with an exhaustive suite of features, VyOS Universal Router goes beyond what's expected from a router. From sophisticated routing protocols like BGP, OSPF, and RIP to advanced VPN and tunneling protocols, including IPsec, VTI, L2TP, OpenVPN, Wireguard, GRE, IPIP, SIT, VXLAN, L2TPv3, GENEVE, we have you covered. Enjoy enhanced security with an interface and zone-based firewalls, NAT, and high availability features such as VRRP and connection table synchronization. VyOS Universal Router also offers QoS, NetFlow, sFlow traffic accounting, and Telegraf for enhanced telemetry. VyOS Universal Router simplifies network management like never before. Automation is the cornerstone of modern IT management, and VyOS Universal Router doesn't fall short. With built-in SaltStack integration and an official Ansible module, and Terraform support, automate your configuration workflow effortlessly. VyOS Universal Router provides an HTTP API for those bespoke automation solutions, offering endless possibilities for network configuration and management. 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