GateD, the "gateway routing daemon" (pronounced "gate-dee") is used by researchers, implementors, and industry as:
a platform for new network routing protocol deployment
a source of routing protocol reference implementations to test against
a distribution mechanism of new protocol implementations
a bootstrapping facility providing the core for the development of commercial products
a means of access to leading edge network research and development
GateD was originally developed at Cornell University. In September 1995, Cornell selected Merit to take over the Consortium,
based on Merit's expertise in routing and routing protocol development. The new Consortium was an industry/academic partnership that
used membership fees to augment grant and proposal funds to significantly enhance GateD's capabilities. Merit extended the benefits
of membership to provide new features such astest tools to aid router software development and testing.
In 2000, the GateD Consortium led to a Merit spinoff, NextHop Technologies, Inc., which offers GateD solutions for LAN switching, routing,
multicast, IPv6 and MPLS.
In May 2008, NextHop Technologies, Inc. was acquired by U4EA Technologies.
