Re: Private IP range not RFC.

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From: Steve W (antispamsteveW_at_=No-Spam=.org)
Date: 02/18/05


Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:32:59 -0000

Jarryd

I need to do a similar job, because of IP addresses not being right. Let us
know how it goes! BTW what is your domain setup - are you on NT, 2k or 2k3?

SW

"Jarryd" <Jarryd@youllneverknow.com> wrote in message
news:ekv3e1cFFHA.1524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Well we don't use a proxy server, straight through the gateway. Well my
> plan was the following over a weekend:
>
> 1. Change the IP address of all the servers with static IPs to use the new
> range
> 2. Ask the ISP on the day to change the router config for the Exchamge,
> VPN and Gateway static NAT mappings
> 3. Change the DHCP Scope to new range, leaving the DNS tab as default to
> allow dynamic DNS updates.
> 4. Add some reserved addresses out the new range for WINS, DNS, Servers,
> Gateway
> 5. Change the Scope Options with new Router, WINS and DNS address
> 6. Delete all active DHCP leases.
> 7. Delete all WINS registrations or maybe just uninstall WINS and DHCP and
> set them up from scratch
> 8. Turn on clients one by one and renew DHCP leases (ipconfig/renew)
> 9. Pray to God that DNS updates all A records properly.
>
> Apart from DNS what could go wrong? And with regards to DNS, there must
> be a way to get it to update A records
> with the new IP addresses because when a DHCP client lease expires and
> they get a new IP address it can handle it. So
> why is it differnet when the renewed address belongs to a different subnet
> to the old address?
>
> Please let me know your thoughts. I believe I need to do this to
> eliminate it as a possible cause of problems connecting
> to internet resources (mail/web servers, etc.)
>
> TIA,
>
> Jarryd
>
> "Mark Holland" <MarkHolland@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7035E20E-24C9-40C4-9D0F-98942BFF09AB@microsoft.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> Well it may or may not fail. If you are using a proxy server for your
>> internet access, the proxy server will translate the DNS name to an IP
>> address and essentially pull the pages for you.
>>
>> The proxy server will resolve the ip address correctly, however when the
>> server requests those pages through your default gateway you may find it
>> sending requests to your internal LAN either directly or through your
>> routing
>> infrastructure.
>>
>> If you are going to change your IP range, you also need to sort out your
>> infrastructure such as WINS, DHCP and most importantly DNS. You will also
>> need to update your subnets in Sites and Services...
>>
>> Basically its not a good idea to change your ip range afterwards and you
>> could end up with some turmoil before everything settles down.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> "Jarryd" wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have a private IP range of 200.10.0.0 /16. We use NAT on the LAN
>>> interface of the router to gain access to the internet and so far have
>>> had
>>> no problems. But what happens when we have to connect to a server on
>>> the
>>> internet that has an address in our range? I imagine that it will fail.
>>> So
>>> I have to change the range to one of the reserved ranges. I have some
>>> servers that are set up for access by the internet using static NATs?
>>> If I
>>> change the IP address on the server and have the ISP change the routers
>>> config to point to the new address, will that be enough. Other than
>>> having
>>> to renew the DHCP leases on the clients, is there anything else I need
>>> to
>>> do?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>>
>>> Jarryd
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>



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