Any idea of a time frame? I have been checking here since December. Your product is perfect for what I need but I must have DHCP support and unfortunately I am running out of time quickly. This needs to be up and running in the very near future.
before the end of this year, i'm sorry but I cannot be more precise.
You can implement DHCP client support yourself, but there is no "official" howto on it. Maybe ask in the "hackers" forum, some ppl have already done this.
It´s a pity, Astaro´s ASL is a great product but it seem that the company lacks commercial savvy. Imagine you never know when features which potential customers are begging for since Jan/2000 will be implemented !! I read tons of messages asking for DHCP client and PPPOE support both necessary for now popular ADSL connections. Astaro answers such pleas with "Wait", "we don´t know....", etc. Come on guys you have a GREAT product I can´t belive it´s so dificult to slip in these features in version 2.0 or maybe you can publish hacks to ASL that permit such features. I´m willing to write and mentain How-tos on the subject.
PS. I have spent the past 3 days trying to hack a DHCP client and PPPOE into astaro with out much success. (I keep losing the ADSL link). I´m fustrated !!
You could just buy a cheap router that supports DHCP such as the netgear RT311 it is about a hundred bucks and works good for this application let Astaro do what it does best and give some of the responsibility to a simple router.
I have a request for DHCP client support, simply because I have come accross several of my clients who desire to use VPN connections, port forwarding for internal web servers, Mail servers, Terminal servers, etc. and The little cheap linksys and Netgear routers on the market seem to struggle a bit with some of the ipsec pass thru and most with the pptp encryption problems. I need a solution that is easy to manage, configure, and easy on the pocket book. If Astaro truly is coming with a DHCP client function for the external interface I am sold for sure.
I for one can understand Astaro's position on DHCP, both client and server, plus PPPoE. These items are typically needed for smaller home and SOHO environments.
DHCP client: If you are using a DHCP connection to your ISP, then I hope that there are no incoming connections, otherwise what happens when your ISP changes your IP? Any business that has the money to fund further Astaro development will 99% of the time be using static IPs.
PPPoE: Yet another hurdle to get your ISP feed working properly. I don't know about you, but when I am setting up a system for a paying client, I don't want to have to worry about this layer. I want to enter in the IP address and have it work without that annoying PPPoE stuff.
DHCP Server: Any paying client will have at least one server system behind Astaro. Adding DHCP Server services to this system is not a big deal.
With the "Black Box" internet routers costing only $100-200US these days, it doesn't make sense for Astaro to spend the time implementing something that will not yeild any significant return.
well I really dont think DHCP is for SOHO users... I use DHCP in larger enviroments all the time saves TONS of time when making changes. But yes i wouldn't really want my firewall to do DHCP I mean why? Anyone who puts this box in a network is gonna be running a server behind it.. So let the server do the work its the application server. And in most larger business you would run multiple servers with dhcp wiht diffent ips... So you would group them together with ASL rather then letting asl distribute all the IPs.
least that makes sence to me. And also the PPPoE thing is also something that shouldn't be used in larger business (and probably never will be). But I think its VERY important to implement it in ASL. I mean for the number of increasing PPPoE users it would be a smart idea. Even if you dont make as much money every bit of income helps.