adding local ip range

[wosie]

hi

we are using some public ip addresses for some computers and were thinking of using local range as we are running short of public ips.

as a complete novice to the networking side, we have dhcp on one server and dns on another. is there any recommended ways of how we could introduce the local ip range.

is it a case of just adding the ip scope to dhcp?

cheers.

 

[Davetoo]

My first suggestion would be to contact a local consultant to come in and take a look at your setup and correct any issues he finds.

As for the IP's, don't use public IP's on a private network. Choose a private range to use (10.x, 172.16.x, 192.168.x) and create a scope on your DHCP server for those as well as reconfigure any fixed IP's to have IP's within that same range and subnet mask. Don't forget also to assign a private IP to the internal side of your router so it can talk properly as well.

There's a lot of other things to consider, thus I think you're going to be better off spending a few dollars now for a consultant to come in and evaluate your network to get it fixed.

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