Editing Network operating system (section)

=== FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Linux-based operating systems ===
* [[Cisco NX-OS]], [[Cisco IOS XE|IOS XE]], and [[Cisco IOS XR|IOS XR]]; families of network operating systems used across various Cisco Systems device including the [[Cisco Nexus switches|Cisco Nexus]] and [[Cisco ASR]] platforms
* [[Junos OS]]; a network operating system that runs on [[Juniper Networks]] platforms
* [[Cumulus Networks#Products|Cumulus Linux]] distribution, which uses the full [[TCP/IP]] stack of Linux
* [[DD-WRT]], a Linux kernel-based firmware for wireless routers and access points as well as low-cost networking device platforms such as the [[Linksys]] [[Linksys WRT54G series|WRT54G]]
* [[Dell Networking Operating System]]; DNOS9 is [[NetBSD]] based, while OS10 uses the [[Linux kernel]]
* [[Arista Networks#Extensible Operating System|Extensible Operating System]] runs on switches from [[Arista Networks|Arista]] and uses an unmodified Linux kernel 
* [[ExtremeXOS]] (EXOS), used in network devices made by [[Extreme Networks]]
* [[FTOS]] (Force10 Operating System), the [[firmware]] family used on [[Force10]] Ethernet switches
* [[ONOS]], an open source [[Software-defined networking|SDN]] operating system (hosted by [[The Linux Foundation|Linux Foundation]]) for communications service providers that is designed for scalability, high performance and high availability.
* [[OpenBSD]], an open source operating system which includes its own implementations of [[Border Gateway Protocol|BGP]], [[Resource Public Key Infrastructure|RPKI]], [[Open Shortest Path First|OSPF]], [[Multiprotocol Label Switching|MPLS]], [[VXLAN]], and other [[IETF]] standardized networking protocols, as well as firewall ([[PF (firewall)|PF]]) and [[Load balancing (computing)|load-balancing]] functionality.
* [[OpenWrt]] used to route [[Internet Protocol|IP packet]]s on [[embedded devices]]
* [[pfSense]], a fork of [[M0n0wall]], which uses [[PF (firewall)|PF]]
* [[OPNsense]], a fork of pfSense
* [[SONiC (operating system)|SONiC]], a Linux-based network operating system developed by [[Microsoft]]
* [[VyOS]], an open source fork of the Vyatta routing package