Evolution of the router

From BBN to Stanford to Cisco to open source

The Birth of Cisco



Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner found Cisco after customizing and commercializing Yeagers multiprotocol router. Legend has it the two lovebirds set up a routed connection between their Stanford offices in order to easily communicate back and forth. After Cisco, Bosack started up XKL, a Redmond, WA., networking company. Lerner founded a cosmetics company and became an advocate for animal rights.

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