Re: Does my network have a bear pit?

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"Phydeux" <Phydeux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Roughly 140 hosts, including servers, workstations, printers, switches, and
print servers. And we usually have no more than a dozen guest wireless users
at a time. Though I think they were trying to build in room for growth later.

As for switches, we use a series of Intel 510T switches, some with a fiber
uplink, and an Intel fiber router.

Oh, heck,...with only just 140 hosts all you have to do is make sure that none
of them use a number higher than 192.168.6.254,...if there are then change them.
You can adjust the Exclusions in the existing Scope to block out anything higher
than 192.168.6.254 and leave it for a couple days and it will allow the DHCP
clients to adjust gracefully. Then manually change the "static"
machines/devices to a number below 192.168.6.254 if you have to. Anything
already below that number you won't have to touch.

....Then after giving it a a few days for the DHCP Clients to gracefully
adjust...
You can't change the Mask on an existing Scope so you will have to delete and
recreate the DHCP Scope using:

192.168.6.1 -- 192.168.6.254
Mask 255.255.255.0
<then whatever other specs, exclusions, reservations, etc>
This will solve your mystery behavior with that address as well.

When you finally hit over 200 Hosts then build in a router and new segment into
the LAN with 192.168.7.x/24 and you will get another 254 hosts. Your Fiber
Router *may* be able to serve as the LAN,...I don't know,..I don't know anything
about that device and how you have the topology designed.

I understand wanting room for growth, but the way it was done isn't the way to
approach it. All that does is build "future problems" into the system and get
you into a situation where it gets harder to fix the longer it goes and the more
machines that get added.

--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft, or
anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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