Any Distros Built for Layer 3 Switching / Routing? I want to be able to have a decent router that can be highly configured and handle a fair amount of traffic while being secure. Before I spend money on some dedicated...--prophetes.ai

Any Distros Built for Layer 3 Switching / Routing? I want to be able to have a decent router that can be highly configured and handle a fair amount of traffic while being secure. Before I spend money on some dedicated routing hardware/software, is it possible Linux can be used for this? Are their any distros that specialize in this?

There are several that "specialize" in this listed at Wikipedia; YMMV. Too many to provide a full list, but...

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Openwall, Smoothwall, and ZeroShell look interesting. Many choices to pick from. If you aren't dead set on "Linux" I would consider pfSense (FreeBSD derivative).