IP Addressing

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I have a network with an internal IP range of 192.168.16.1 to
192.168.16.254. I am adding wireless phones and therefore a wireless
network. Is there any reason why I can't setup the wireless range to
192.168.17.1 to 192.168.17.254 and run through the same switches? Will this
cause collisions? If I begin to use laptops on the wireless subnet will I
have to change the subnetmask for the laptop/server/otherpc's/printers?
And last do I need to set up a superscope in dhcp?

Thanks in advance.

Dan
 
Dan said:
I have a network with an internal IP range of 192.168.16.1 to
192.168.16.254. I am adding wireless phones and therefore a wireless
network. Is there any reason why I can't setup the wireless range to
192.168.17.1 to 192.168.17.254 and run through the same switches?
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Yes. But the two groups will never see each other and you may double the
traffic over the switch. You will need a LAN Router to go between the
subnets to be albe to route between them.
Will this cause collisions?
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Switches, by design, never have collisions...ever...no mater what.
If I begin to use laptops on the wireless subnet will I
have to change the subnetmask for the laptop/server/otherpc's/printers?
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No the mask is the same.
And last do I need to set up a superscope in dhcp?
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Hmmm.... No, that isn't what superscopes are for....unless you are wanting
to Supernet the two ranges into a single subnet, but I don't know why you
would need 64,516 hosts on you network.

You are supposed to use separate scopes,...one for each subnet. Then the
LAN Router is rigged to relay DHCP requests to the DHCP server when they
originate from the opposite subnet. The DHCP Server will know what to do
with it.
 
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