VyOS Universal Router for AWS (Standard Support) - Legacy Listing
VyOS Inc | 1.3.5Linux/Unix, Debian VyOS 1.3.5 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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One of the best router distributions
What do you like best about the product?
Vyos is my go-to for router/firewall distributions. It's pretty much a swiss army knife of router/firewalls thanks to the extensive feature list.
Vyos is a highly versatile networking solution that can be deployed on a range of hardware, from low-powered mini PCs for basic home routing to high-performance enterprise servers and virtual machines. This flexibility allows it to cater to a wide variety of users, regardless of their environment or specific needs.
Vyos supports advanced routing topologies and a comprehensive range of routing protocols. It also offers robust VPN support, including protocols like WireGuard, IPSec, and OpenVPN.
Recent versions have integrated HAProxy, which has proven to be extremely useful. The firewall configuration is intuitive, easy to manage, and effective.
By far, the command-line interface is my favourite feature of Vyos. It makes setting up firewall rules, NAT rules, QoS rules, site-to-site, or roadwarrior VPNs extremely easy to implement. I haven't seen any other router/firewall distribution with such a versatile and easy-to-use command-line interface.
Vyos also has an API which can be used to configure Vyos using tools like Terraform or Ansible.
The documentation is generally excellent, featuring many examples. While some sections may occasionally be slightly out of date, it’s usually easy to adapt them to newer versions with minor command adjustments.
I haven't had to talk to customer support directly, but I have reported bugs via their bug tracker, all of which have been promptly resolved.
Vyos is a highly versatile networking solution that can be deployed on a range of hardware, from low-powered mini PCs for basic home routing to high-performance enterprise servers and virtual machines. This flexibility allows it to cater to a wide variety of users, regardless of their environment or specific needs.
Vyos supports advanced routing topologies and a comprehensive range of routing protocols. It also offers robust VPN support, including protocols like WireGuard, IPSec, and OpenVPN.
Recent versions have integrated HAProxy, which has proven to be extremely useful. The firewall configuration is intuitive, easy to manage, and effective.
By far, the command-line interface is my favourite feature of Vyos. It makes setting up firewall rules, NAT rules, QoS rules, site-to-site, or roadwarrior VPNs extremely easy to implement. I haven't seen any other router/firewall distribution with such a versatile and easy-to-use command-line interface.
Vyos also has an API which can be used to configure Vyos using tools like Terraform or Ansible.
The documentation is generally excellent, featuring many examples. While some sections may occasionally be slightly out of date, it’s usually easy to adapt them to newer versions with minor command adjustments.
I haven't had to talk to customer support directly, but I have reported bugs via their bug tracker, all of which have been promptly resolved.
What do you dislike about the product?
I can't really think of anything I dislike about VyOS. I've been able to do everything I've wanted to do in VyOS pretty easily.
If I had to be extremely picky the only thing I would say is, even though there is VyOS Stream coming soon, it would be nice if there were something like a lower cost home user/self-service/hobbyist license option to get access to the normal LTS release. Though with Stream coming soon, and with the nightly builds being pretty stable it's not a massive concern, just something that might be a good option as some users (including me!) would prefer to run LTS at home to match what we have in our "production" environments.
If I had to be extremely picky the only thing I would say is, even though there is VyOS Stream coming soon, it would be nice if there were something like a lower cost home user/self-service/hobbyist license option to get access to the normal LTS release. Though with Stream coming soon, and with the nightly builds being pretty stable it's not a massive concern, just something that might be a good option as some users (including me!) would prefer to run LTS at home to match what we have in our "production" environments.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I've used VyOS in a varity of different scenarios.
I've used Vyos as a router/firewall for a small business network, and I also used it at home for my personal router, and also my parents home router.
I have also used it to configure site-to-site VPNs between various cloud providers.
Currently my favourite use case has been to bypass CGNAT by using the built in HAProxy function to proxy traffic over a Wireguard tunnel just because how easy the configuration is.
I've used Vyos as a router/firewall for a small business network, and I also used it at home for my personal router, and also my parents home router.
I have also used it to configure site-to-site VPNs between various cloud providers.
Currently my favourite use case has been to bypass CGNAT by using the built in HAProxy function to proxy traffic over a Wireguard tunnel just because how easy the configuration is.
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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 .
PPPOE server and IP POOL
What do you like best about the product?
I like BNG service. It is free and very good for small business
What do you dislike about the product?
I have to know hardware resources because if I don't know about it, I cannot use service powerfully.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
PPPOE name pool service. Now upgraded.
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.
A lot of services and functionalities with low cost.
Very fast on little hardware.
Good for virtual environments.
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.
A lot of services and functionalities with low cost.
Very fast on little hardware.
Good for virtual environments.
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.
Limited IP SLA and floating routes.
Scripting know-how needed for advanced set-up
Limited IP SLA and floating routes.
Scripting know-how needed for advanced set-up
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.
High availability next-hop router.
wire-speed firewalling
DMVPN wire-speed connectivity.
High availability next-hop router.
wire-speed firewalling
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.
Simple and Powerful Virtual router for business
What do you like best about the product?
CLI and VPN support is incredible powerfull
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing of Vyos makes me upset at all. Totally positive experience with it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
High performance VPN-supporting edge router that help us to securely connect our VMS servers with remote IP cameras via FTTH network.
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.
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