Gearlinx firmware release - 25.12.34.0New!!
The latest Gearlinux release is available across all products. It is a fairly vanilla update. The interesting aspects of this release are summarized below. New features Bug fixes Security
Gearlinux Showcases Rapid Prototype to Production Capabilities
Gearlinx recently had a customer request to “capture real-time IOT application time-series data, performance and system data including graphing with a one year retention schedule”. These requirements are, by themselves, not groundbreaking innovations and exist widely in open source today. To avoid reinventing the wheel, theinitial search quickly drilled down to three options: InfluxDB, Prometheus […]
Gearlinux updates, linux-6.17.8, openssh-10.2, openssl-3.6.0, …
Gearlinx runs a semi fixed release schedule as part of its strong commitment to it's customers, including OEMs. This schedule sees four releases per year across all platforms. As part of this schedule, the linux kernel, as well as all critical libraries and applications are reviewed and updated with an emphasis on security fixes, CVEs […]
Gearlinux grows to embrace new opportunities
Gearlinx and Advanced Converter Solutions (ACS) have partnered to bring Gearlinux, Gearlinx' industry leading cloud and edge solution, to the DC/DC Converter market. ACS approached Gearlinx earlier in 2025 to see if a software solution could created to support the new ACS Comms platform for managing up to 96 DC/DC Converters via CAN bus. The […]
Unpacking Network Resilience vs Operational Resilience
Navigating the Resilience Landscape. Unpacking Network Resilience vs. Operational Resilience In today's fast-paced digital age, businesses are constantly navigating a complex landscape of risks and uncertainties. The digital transformation of industries and the increasing reliance on technology have exposed organizations to new vulnerabilities. In this ever-changing environment, the terms "network resilience" and "operational resilience" have […]
What is Out-of-Band Management and why is it important?
The unveiling of Out-of-Band networks and elevating enterprise resilience in the digital era. In an age where enterprises pivot towards digital operations, the synergy between applications and infrastructure has never been more critical. However, the specter of network outages looms large, with their impact growing exponentially as businesses become increasingly reliant on these digital lifelines. […]
SNMP vs Streaming Telemetry for network monitoring
To build a resilient network, monitoring the health of the network is a key requirement; if the normal state of the network cannot be measured and established, then fault conditions, particularly subtler issues, like reduced link bandwidth, or higher than normal latency can be very hard to detect and diagnose. This blog post will discuss […]
Provisioning for Automation
Modern declarative configuration tools like Ansible, Salt, Nornir, and others make deploying and managing configuration on network hardware much more low touch than previously, however there is still more work required to get devices ready for management. Credentials need to be set up, system inventories need to be populated, and connectivity to the service doing […]
Disrupting Simplicity: Cloud connected Remote Access and Automation
Most of the business tools we use on a day-to-day basis are in the cloud. Whether it’s a CRM for sales and customer management, multiple different online accounting packages, collaboration tools, webinars, mail, documents and meeting minutes, source repositories, etcetera, it makes us wonder if we have any local files anymore! As the cloud has […]
Edge Compute for modern networking best practice
In modern networks, best practice involves detecting and remediating faults in the quickest possible time, reducing or removing any downtime and its associated costs. This fault detection is performed by network monitoring applications which pull telemetry data from networking equipment via monitoring interfaces like SNMP, Netflow, Syslog, and NETCONF/OpenConfig, which is then analysed, and potential […]