MacOS DHCP Server?

From: Chris <mythtech_at_Mac.com>
Date: Wed Oct 24 14:44:36 2001

>Yeah, sort-of, if you can find it.
>
>Vicom Technologies (www.vicomtech.com) has a product that's
>undergone a few name changes and feature orgies. Originally
>named "Vicom Internet Gateway", then "Vicom Soft Router", and
>maybe back to the original name... it's a software-based NAT
>router. It includes a built-in DHCP server.
>
>It wasn't expensive... it came bundled with Applshare IP 5.0,
>and when we finally purchased a cross-platform upgrade, that
>was either US$29 or US$79.
>
>At one time, you could download trial versions of the package.
>Additionally, if you hunt around, you'll find the magix needed
>to make the evaluation period last a very, very long time. ;-)

Although, lots of people use and love Vicom's SoftRouter (I think that is
the name it is going by now)... I would like to point out that last I
knew, it uses its own TCP/IP stack, and not Apple's OpenTransport. The
Vicom stack has been known to provide incompatibility with some software
that wants to use OpenTransport. I have also heard that Vicom's is more
unstable in general (but I guess that might be dependant on what version
of OpenTransport you compare it to, as early versions of OT were very
unstable in their own right). This might have changed by now, but I would
confirm it before buying.

And then just to give a plug to Sustainable Softworks... their
IPNetRouter product does everything Vicom's does (and more I believe),
and is priced pretty much the same ($49 for 68k only, $79 for PPC and
68k). I don't have any connection with Sustainable Softworks, I am just a
VERY VERY satisfied customer (I put them as the #1 best company I have
ever had to deal with).

-chris

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