From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 30 23:55:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.tbv.se (smtp2.tbv.se [193.15.92.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7561137B4CF for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 23:55:43 -0800 (PST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp2.tbv.se (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e9V7lq612661; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 08:47:52 +0100 (CET) Received: from UNKNOWN(193.15.92.37), claiming to be "tbvhks12" via SMTP by smtp2.tbv.se, id smtpdw12659; Tue Oct 31 08:47:51 2000 From: "James A Wilde" To: , Subject: RE: IP Address Management Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 08:50:45 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <200010302248.OAA26753@mail13.bigmailbox.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of > gummibear@nettaxi.com > Sent: den 30 oktober 2000 23:49 > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: IP Address Management > > > > Hello! > > I was wondering what other sys admins do about IP Address > management. By that I mean, the way (or, which method is > commonly used to apply addresses for different devices) admins > apply IP addresses to machines, printers, routers, etc. This > there a certian convention used? The convention is probably to do what your teacher did! In my case, servers at the bottom, routers at the top, printers and stuff under routers and DHCP gets the rest. A C class network gives you 254 addresses which can be divided, for example, into 1-16 for servers, 240-254 for routers, 224-239 for printers and 17-223 for workstations. That should give you room to grow. Basically, the actual numbers depend on your needs, of course, but the arrangement indicates how I like to keep track of things. The host name - at least for servers - has some kind of logical link to the IP address, too. Price: $0.02 Value: that's another question! mvh/regards James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message