Version 0.8 Released

After a long testing phase, version 0.8 is now released. Unfortunately it might not run on Windows 95 and you might need to upgrade the Windows Installer for this release, the files are available in the files area.

You need to be an administrator to run the program (this is because access to the local machine registry is necessary). The log format has slightly changed and you will need to recreate your log files.

There are 2 new major features in this release:

• You are able to add DHCP information to hand-out to the client and customize it (change DNS servers, gateways, or any of the defined DHCP option).
• Support for multiple ranges (or scopes) that the server will hand out, it now support BOOTP relay. To use it, you need to run a copy of the server on each segment of your network, and add scope to the master server, the other servers should simply say to be a Relay Agent. It has been quickly tested a Relay Agent with an NT DHCP server and the results are very positive. The options on the main property page are the master options that can be given to all ranges, but each range support having it's own set of options. If the range doesn't have an option set, then the master option will try to be used.
• Fixed many bugs.

I would like to thank Chris Maunder for his system tray code and his URL control, as well as Chris Sisler for all the help he provided on the design of version 0.8

Version 0.7b ready for download

Version 0.7b and older are versions still available in the File Area. It was brought to my attention that some devices would not receive IP addresses from version 0.7a, it seems that my changes to support VPN & PPTP connections prevented devices that don't send a client identifier to obtain an IP address, so I had to release a patch (version 0.7b)

Since I had to change the file format for version 0.7a, your old log file (prior to version 0.7a) will be deleted when you install this version. Sorry.

• Fixed a bug where a client that changed network would not obtain the proper lease information
• Added the possibility to specify the WINS Node Type for the clients
• Added an option to export the leases to a CSV (Comma Separated Variable) file that can easily be read by Excel
• Fixed a bug where PPTP connections trying to obtain an address using DHCP would get the same address as the client.
• Added a help file to the installation.
• Changed error message when subnet mask is too big.
• Animated the system tray Icon whenever a DHCP message is received. (I wouldn't mind if someone would like to send me better icons)

Version 0.7 ready for Download

I've made version 0.7 into a Microsoft Installer file, instead of a self-executable. It's ready for download from here for those willing to try it. I haven't put the help file in there yet, but it's available through the website. Any comments as usual are appreciated. The setup should fix the problem on Windows 95 where the main property page didn't show up. If you want to save on download time I have an installer version without the DLLS here. If you don't have the Windows Installer on your machine, you can download it from Microsoft for Windows 95, 98 and Me or for Windows NT4. You can find everything you need also in the File Area

Here as some details of new features:

• Rewrote the address allocation code to follow more closely the DHCP specifications
• Added Dynamic reservations. This lets you set a client for dynamic configuration but guaranties that the client will always get the specified IP.
• Fixed a setup bug that would prevent the server from properly working with Win95 if IE 4.0 wasn't installed on the machine
• Fixed a couple of bugs that would allocated reserved leases to clients.
• Fixed a problem when there would be no more available addresses.
• Moved to a Microsoft Installer Package

If you are running Windows 95, you might need to upgrade to Winsock 2, that you can download from Microsoft