Probably an easy network question...

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I am running out of ip's on my subnet and need to add
another subnet. My situation is described below. Thanks
in advance for your help!

I have a SONICWALL FIREWALL that has NAT Enabled. I have
1 DHCP server. My scope is designated as follows:

SCOPE | 192.168.254.0

[192.168.254.1 - 192.168.254.199]

The rest of the range after 199 is set aside for static
IPs and is almost used up.

My plan was to add another subnet and split it between 2
new DHCP servers for a grand total of 3 DHCP servers.

I've never done this before and I am looking to get some
advice/guidelines/tips on how to go about getting started.
 
jmartnz said:
I am running out of ip's on my subnet and need to add
another subnet. My situation is described below. Thanks
in advance for your help!

I have a SONICWALL FIREWALL that has NAT Enabled. I have
1 DHCP server. My scope is designated as follows:

SCOPE | 192.168.254.0

[192.168.254.1 - 192.168.254.199]

The rest of the range after 199 is set aside for static
IPs and is almost used up.

My plan was to add another subnet and split it between 2
new DHCP servers for a grand total of 3 DHCP servers.

I've never done this before and I am looking to get some
advice/guidelines/tips on how to go about getting started.
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Hello,

try to divide your subnets by physical location (ie users on 1st
floor are part of 10.x.x.x network, users on 2nd floor are part of
20.x.x.x network). It makes it easier to troubleshoot when all users
on first floor are having problems, but 2nd floor are working okay.

If you're using two DHCP servers for the same scope, split the
address range in between your DHCP servers. (80/20, 60/40). Try an
Internet search to locate more information about this.

I'm assuming that your 2 new DHCP servers are Win 2000/2003. I would
use them to service both networks instead of the Sonicwall.

regards,

SteveC
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