Workgroup IP Addresses

[NeedsHelp]

Hi,

I want to setup a Workgroup, all PC's will run Windows 2000.

Only knowing the basics of networking, will the following work?

First PC: -

IP Address: 192.168.50.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
D/Gateway: 192.168.50.1

Then all others increase IP Address by 1 i.e. 192.168.50.2 etc.

Regards

 

[irregular]

needshelp,

Nearly right mate!

The IP address and the subnet mask you have chosen are fine.

This will give you a range of 254 address (192.168.50.1 to 192.168.50.254).

However, your Default gateway and IP address are the same. This is never correct.

You should allocate one of the IPs in the range to your gateway/firewall/proxy device and this then becomes the default gateway (i.e. route out of the network) for all the other machines on the network.

Example

Firewall IP address = 192.168.50.254

PC's Settings

Ip Address - 192.168.50.1
Subnet Mask - 255.255.255.0
D/Gateway - 192.168.50.254

Hope this helps.

Irregular

 

[NeedsHelp]

Even if there is no way out, or doesn't that matter?

As I won't have a Proxy or Firewall.

 

[gbiello]

If there's no way out, you don't need to set a default gateway. You can leave it blank. As irregular suggests however, reserve an IP for a default gateway, like 192.168.50.254.

I wish I had a nickel for every time I heard, "This is the way it is, and it's NEVER going to change."
-gbiello