Topic: gateway with only 1 NIC - can this be done?

[CharlieBrady]

Dissalowing anyone to setup a VLAN on Linux is, almost wrong. What's the point of using Linux for SME if you limit the usage of Linux itself?

Nobody is disallowing you or preventing you from doing anything you want to do.

[SoftDux]

Gee, that went well. The developers just don't care about this.

Well, I'm sorry that I have wasted your time, and I'm very sorry that I have tried to suggest some improvements to your proprietary program. I wan't aware of the fact that it doesn't follow standard Linux / GPL guideline, and that you're the only ones who decide how the product gets used. It's a great product, make no mistake, but you need to be more open minded about it. If you really want to control security that much, then patent SME and charge a price for it.

[CharlieBrady]

Gee, that went well. The developers just don't care about this.

Well, I'm sorry that I have wasted your time, and I'm very sorry that I have tried to suggest some improvements to your proprietary program. I wan't aware of the fact that it doesn't follow standard Linux / GPL guideline, and that you're the only ones who decide how the product gets used. It's a great product, make no mistake, but you need to be more open minded about it. If you really want to control security that much, then patent SME and charge a price for it.

Rudi, you appear to be quite a rude, and apparently an ungrateful, person. SME server is a gift to you. You cannot demand a gift which is exactly what you want.

SME server software development is in complete compliance with GPL "guidelines". You are free to do with it anything you like, as long as you comply with the license. No GPL developer anywhere is under an obligation to develop features which you think should be developed.

SME server developers do not decide how SME server gets used. It's free software - all recipients are free to use it as they choose fit.

[SoftDux]

Charlie, I'm not demanding anything from anyone. I gave a suggestion which I felt is valid and very useful. You chose not to incorporate it, and I'm sorry for wasting your time, sounding rude. If I knew how to fix the problem myself, I would have, but a lot of stuff in SME is not the same as in a standard CentOS installation, which is why I was looking for help, and got told that it can't be done. Then I submitted a feature request and was told it won't be done.

I accept that, and will happily get back to setting up a simple mail / file server with PPPoE on the same NIC as the local LAN manually.

[Elliott]

I'd like to suggest that this thread be locked. It certainly will not go anywhere positive.

 

[byte]

I'd like to suggest that this thread be locked.

I agree, locking thread.