Agreed. If you change your subnet mask to 255.255.254.0, you can then use 192.168.1.x for static IPs and 192.168.2.x for DHCP but VLAN's are a good way to go as well.
From: Don Ely [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 3:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Need more IP addresses Don't add another router... How much do you know about VLAN's? Can you think of any use for them? How many sites do you have? The quick and dirty solution is to change the subnet mask... The more robust solution might include VLAN's... On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Jeff Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: I am in need of more IP addresses on my network. My current network looks like this: 192.168.1.x 255.255.255.0 I am using 248 IP's currently, so I have very little expansion available. I do see the potential to increase in the following year, so I had better get my butt thinking about this soon. Plus I have Christmas and New Year's holidays that I could work with no one on our network for 3 full days. I am thinking about changing my subnet to something like 255.255.254.0 or 255.255.252.0. Would this be a good way, or would I be better adding an additional router and just creating a new 255.255.255.0 network on 192.168.2.x? I guess my question is which is the "correct" way? Jeff Johnson Systems Administrator 714-773-2600 Office 714-773-6351 Fax hydraflow No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.716 / Virus Database: 270.14.111/2570 - Release Date: 12/17/09 03:30:00 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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