I'm pondering making some changes to a network I took over a while back. Right now there are 3 networks in different locations 10.10.0.0/16, 10.20.0.0/16, and 10.40.0.0/16. Now with the snm of 255.255.0.0 I have like 65,000 available addresses... that's a lot. In truth each LAN has only 40-80 devices.
Does the large potential host pool have any impact on the network? Should it even concern me?
If I make a change to the subnet, there are a lot of things that need to be re-configured, servers, firewalls, printers, wireless and so on. I don't want to do all that work, if there is no good reason for it.
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"Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care."
-Jimmy Buffett
Does the large potential host pool have any impact on the network? Should it even concern me?
If I make a change to the subnet, there are a lot of things that need to be re-configured, servers, firewalls, printers, wireless and so on. I don't want to do all that work, if there is no good reason for it.
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"Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care."
-Jimmy Buffett