Mierwins, that would eliminate most of the very-small-businesses as customers and prospects. For many larger businesses, this would allow them to equip smaller offices for $99 forever.
I have been working on an account for a year where we have an ASG120 in their main office and will be installing ASG110s in 20+ remote offices. There is no way I would have invested the time I have if I weren't expecting to generate thousands of dollars in income. Your suggestion would allow the customer to use some old PCs with $99 licenses for their needs, and I would be left with no compensation for my efforts.
I just can't see Astaro giving up that recurring income to allow a few home users to push the technology envelope... I certainly HOPE they don't, for our sake!
A different solution is needed.
Cheers - Bob
Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow
I've got what I consider to be a pretty typical 'geek' set up:
2 IP printers
3 desktops
2 laptops
1 server
1 media center
2 Tivo's
1 DVR
1 iPhone
2 AP's
This has me way over the 10 IP limit. I've been playing with Untangle to see how workable a solution that would be, and frankly it's a dog compared to ASG. Untangle on Ubuntu takes about as much work to set up as configuring the individual open source tools themselves on a standard distro.
While Astaro is more mature and easier to configure, I just have too many IP's at home and can't see the number getting any smaller....
Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow
first off don't have astaro do dhcp. Secondly anything that doesn't need the inet i don't put in a gateway(aka like my wireless printers..they really don't need the inet) among other things. If you REALLY can't live within the 10 ip bounds there's other products up there..
Owner: Emmanuel Technology Consulting
Former Sophos SG(Astaro) advocate/researcher/Silver Partner
PfSense w/Suricata, ntopng,
Other addons to follow
don't have the astaro do dhcp and for the printers and ap's take out the gateway addresses..that'll net you 4 more ip's..[:)]
It's going to fall on deaf ears...this is a business product and they aren't going to cut into that revenue anymore than they already are
especially with the economy heading into a downturn..
There is a beta going on right now! Just head over to the beta forum and download it, install it, and use it! Active testers will get a 25 IP license!
The forum is here: http://www.astaro.org/astaro-beta-versions/asg-v7-400-beta/
Read the release notes and get the software here: Up2Date Announcements: AxG V7.400 BETA Available!
"Your Efforts Rewarded!
Your feedback is key to our efforts, as it allows us to deliver a final product to you of the highest quality. As a result, participants in our Beta Program for AxG V7.4 will have the chance to win one of three Amazon Gift Cards totaling over 600 dollars. Please qualify by actively posting and participating in discussions on ouor BETA version forum on our User Bulletin Board for details. In addition, we will offer our active testers a specially enhanced home-user license which allows protection of 25 IP addresses (vs the normal 10). "
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