fli4l

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fli4l
Developerfli4l-Team[1]
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Initial releaseApril 2000 (25 years ago) (2000-04)
Latest release3.10.19[2] / 2 February 2020 (5 years ago) (2020-02-02)
Latest previewTarball version / Weekly[3]
Available inGerman, English, French
Platformsi586, x86-64[4]
Kernel typemodular
LicenseGPL (Free software)
Official websitewww.fli4l.de/en/

fli4l (flexible internet router for linux; previously: floppy isdn for linux) is a Linux distribution, actively developed by German developers since 2000. The projects main task is to provide a small Linux system that turns almost every machine into a router. The distribution can run from a floppy disk and was created with the aim of simple configuration and support for older hardware.[5][6][7]

fli4l can route between

DSL or UMTS, or just between Ethernet networks.[6]

Characteristics and requirements

fli4l is based on the Linux kernel. As the documentation is very extensive no knowledge of Linux is required, however a basic knowledge of network technology is needed.[8]

The hardware requirements for fli4l are low, an

MiB RAM and (depending upon the configuration) one or two network interface controllers is quite adequate. A hard disk drive is not required, but can be used by fli4l too.[9]

Newer versions of fli4l provide also the possibility to create a working installation on a

DOM for Embedded systems.[9]

fli4l can be configured on Linux, Unix and Windows systems using just text files.[10]

In addition, fli4l has the possibility to encrypt connections over the Internet or via Wireless LAN using OpenVPN or PPTP (Poptop).[11]

Versions

There are two development branches for fli4l, a stable and a development version.

The present stable release[2] is based on a Linux 3.16 kernel and supports virtualization by means of Xen and KVM. USB and Wireless LAN are supported to a great extent as well as current embedded hardware as APU, ALIX, Soekris, and EPIA series.

The 4.0 development version[3] also provides a Linux 4.1 kernel. Furthermore, it implements a new management and configuration layer for connections (so-called circuits) which has been designed from the ground up. It allows to use multiple WAN links (e.g. via DSL, ISDN, or UMTS) in parallel.

Optional packages

fli4l is a modular system using so-called OPT-packages. To create an individual configuration, only software packages for those options, that are needed, are downloaded and unzipped into the directory tree. To extend the basic functionality, a wide range of applications is available in the so-called OPT-database;[12] for example, optional packages can be used for monitoring traffic or an fli4l can function as a printserver. This process easily allows own developments, that can be made available to other users via the OPT-database.[12]

Device control

An fli4l router can be controlled and monitored with a browser-based interface. Besides, the program imonc (isdn monitor client) is available for Windows and Linux (

GTK). imonc allows extensive control as well as remote-controlled update of the router's software.[13]

References

  1. ^ net(t)work(s) e.V.
  2. ^ a b Latest stable release of fli4l, Retrieved February 2, 2020
  3. ^ a b Latest weekly development version of fli4l, Retrieved October 9, 2018
  4. ^ Das fli4l-Team (2020-02-02). "1.1 Einleitung". www.fli4l.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-18. Hardwarevoraussetzungen: Intel Pentium-Prozessor mit MMX Unterstützung{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "fli4l 3.6.2". Softpedia. n.d. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  6. ^
    About.com. Archived from the original
    on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  7. ^ "fli4l". free(code). n.d. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  8. ^ fli4l documentation: Introduction
  9. ^ a b fli4l documentation: Setup Flavours
  10. ^ fli4l documentation: Configuration
  11. ^ Poptop
  12. ^ a b The fli4l database for additional packages
  13. ^ imonc

Further reading

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