From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 30 15:10: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fedde.littleton.co.us (cfedde.dsl.frii.net [216.17.139.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F79A37B4C5 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:10:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from fedde (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fedde.littleton.co.us (8.11.0/8.11.0.Beta3) with ESMTP id e9UN4dI53448; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:04:39 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200010302304.e9UN4dI53448@fedde.littleton.co.us> To: "gummibear@nettaxi.com" Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP Address Management In-Reply-To: <200010302248.OAA26753@mail13.bigmailbox.com> From: Chris Fedde Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:04:39 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:48:35 -0800 "gummibear@nettaxi.com" wrote: +------------------ | | Hello! | | I was wondering what other sys admins do about IP Address management. By th at I mean, the way (or, which method is commonly used to apply addresses for di fferent devices) admins apply IP addresses to machines, printers, routers, etc. This there a certian convention used? | | Anyways, I just wanted to know if there are any undocumented standards or co nventions to the application of IP addresses. | +------------------ It's realy a non-issue when you get right down to it. These days the first machine I configure gets the first address the second gets the second and so on. When devices become de-commissioned I simply re-assign the address to the next system that needs one. Keep track of what addresses have been allocated (I use the in-addr.arpa zone file for this) Reserve a largeish block for DHCP hosts and use DHCP in all the places where it makes sense. What ever you do, don't get too rigid about your conventions. Best to enforce only what is technically necessary rather than trying to keep a series of arbitrary rules. Most systems don't care anyway. chris -- Chris Fedde 303 773 9134 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message