NextHop Achieves Industry Milestone with Successful Validation of GateD DVMRP Implementation.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 2002 NextHop(TM) Technologies Inc., the definitive source for network routing software solutions, today announced that the company's Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol The Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) is used to share information between routers to transport IP Multicast packets among networks. It is based in the RIP protocol to forward packets: the router generates a routing table with the multicast group that (DVMRP (Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol) The first popular routing protocol to support multicast. Stemming from RIP and used in the Internet's Mbone (multicast backbone), DVMRP allows for tunneling multicast messages within unicast packets. ) implementation -- a module within the GateD(TM) routing software suite -- is the first in the industry to successfully pass the University of New Hampshire's (UNH Unh The symbol for the element unnilhexium. ) InterOperability Lab (IOL IOL Intraocular lens, see there ) Routing Consortium conformance tests. DVMRP, a routing protocol that provides connectionless data delivery, is currently the most widely deployed multicast routing protocol A routing protocol that supports multicast packets (one to many). See DVMRP, MOSPF and PIM. on the Internet. DVMRP lies at the heart of the multicast backbone and is particularly important to enterprises that use applications such as streaming video and live data feed broadcast. NextHop's DVMRP enables network equipment manufacturers to reduce time to market, reduce costs, and increase ease of deployment in building enterprise solutions. "This landmark accomplishment further distinguishes NextHop as the leader in the routing software market," said Sue Hares, founder and chief technology officer, NextHop Technologies. "Knowing that we pass the University of New Hampshire's requirements for the DVMRP multicast protocol, both as outlined in the RFC and as updated in the very latest draft, reassures the industry and our customers that we are not only at the forefront of IETF See Internet Engineering Task Force. IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force standards and activities, but that we provide technology that works, is stable, and can safely be deployed." By conforming to both RFC1075 and draft-ietf-idmr-dvmrp-v3-10.txt, NextHop provides a combination of the latest features and backward capability with current industry deployments, thus reducing costs and easing deployment of multicast networks. The specific UNH-IOL UNH-IOL University of New Hampshire-interoperability Laboratory tests analyzed approximately 110 different parameters. About NextHop Technologies NextHop(TM) Technologies Inc. is the definitive source for network routing software solutions. NextHop's flagship product, GateD(TM), the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, , is the most widely used vendor-neutral routing software in the world. NextHop partners with its customers and the industry to empower innovation in networking with safe and reliable products that reduce time to market while minimizing development, testing and support costs. Founded in 2000 and funded by New Enterprise Associates and Labrador Ventures, NextHop is based in Mountain View, Calif. Visit NextHop on the Web at www.nexthop.com. Note to Editors: NextHop and GateD are trademarks of NextHop Technologies Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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