Hi,
I am having a problem with the licensing on ASG Home Edition. How can this be fixed?
There are two limits that don't make sense and will probably prevent me from using it. The first limit, the incredibly low connection limit. My daughter some times watches TV shows via the internet and this spikes the connection limit for just herself at just over 500. That's one user! We are constantly hitting the ceiling on this.
Secondly, the user limit. I did not think this would be a problem at all as there are only four people using the internet so having a user limit of 10 did not seem like an issue at all. EXCEPT for the way ASG counts users! It sees everything with an IP as a user and is not smart, so...my Xbox is a user, my two access points, my two NAS's, my two servers my four test virtual machines...should I go on? I usually run with a /26 network to accommodate all the flux that I experience on my home network.
From Smoothwall (PolarExpress), and the likes of all the others, they do not impose these type of restrictions let alone extremely tight restrictions, so why does ASG? I understand the need to want to protect it's usage but many many companies, including antivirus - who to me have more at stake, use registration and trust the end user to keep their end of the bargain.
I understand that I may be a little heavier user than some, not many but some, so I would understand if you wanted to charge me to extend the limits so I can actually use it. I have said this before in another place on the forum, I can purchase a cheap consumer router for $30 and get 4000 connections and unlimited IP's so what would ASG do to provide an extension of their product for non business users?
The one thing that I love about the ASG over any other offering is it's security, the security is the best and the reporting is a very nice feature too. This is what sets this appliance apart from the rest.
Thanks,
Mike
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