IPNetRouter (was: VirtualPC and OT)
Thomas Juntunen(tmj[at]winslow-mpls.com)
Thu, 16 Jul 1998 08:06:52 +0200
At 19:00 -0500 on 7/12/98, Ceolaf@aol.com wrote:
> Stustainable Software's IPNetRouter does not use TCP/IP, so it should
> be fine. $89, US, for the product, downloadable from the web.
> http://www.sustworks.com/
>
> It does not offer the firewall capabilities, but I don't know that you
> need that.
Perhaps you misspoke? IPNetRouter is intended to route IP packets, by
necessity using TCP/IP. Here is a snip from the requirements:
> System Requirements:
>
> MacOS 7.5.3 and Open Transport 1.1.1 or later
> Macintosh PowerPC or 68030 or higher.
> A Macintosh capable of connecting to the Internet using the TCP/IP
>protocol suite.
> Depending on your networking requirements, you may need to work
>with your Internet
> Service Provider to recognize your router and have permanent IP
>addresses assigned.
Also, I'm not sure I agree about the lack of firewall capabilities. While
it doesn't have firewall specific abilities, according to the faq at:
http://www.sustworks.com/products/ipnr/faq.html :
> OT1.3 does not actually provide full IP "multihoming", the ability to be
>homed on more
> than one IP network. It provides what Apple has dubbed "single-link
>multihoming", the
> ability to have more than one IP address on a single physical network
>link. IPNetRouter
> is not restricted in this way and allows you to create IP interfaces on
>different
> physical network links. You can use IP over two ethernet interfaces for
>example, or
> ethernet and dial-up PPP at the same time.
The ability to operate two separate interfaces provides the ability to do
filtering which is the basis of most security measures.
Thomas Juntunen
Network Administrator
Winslow Printing Co.
mailto:tmj@winslow-mpls.com
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