That's a subjective question without knowing much else about your network, number of users, servers, sites, future expansion, etc....
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Jeff Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > I have little to no experience with Vlans. I just ran into one on my > Cisco routers this week! > > > > Seems like a much easier setup, but is it the right way to do it? > > > > *Jeff Johnson* > > *Systems Administrator* > > 714-773-2600 Office > > 714-773-6351 Fax > > [image: hydraflow] > > > > *From:* Don Ely [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, December 17, 2009 12:51 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 > > [image: hydraflow] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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