6 Jul
2014
6 Jul
'14
1:36 p.m.
On 04/07/14 20:42, Chris Green wrote:
I know, I've been here before, but it's bitten me again. With most modern routers/switches not providing local DNS how is one supposed to find out who's who on a small LAN?
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I use dhcpd to assign persistent IP addresses by MAC Address to devices I need to know about. I also have a numbering convention as follows:
a.b.c.1 - a.b.c.199 Workstations etc a.b.c.200 - a.b.c.219 Printers a.b.c.220 - a.b.c.229 Miscellaneous ie. routers a.b.c.230 - a.b.c.249 Servers a.b.c.250 - a.b.c.253 DNS servers (if separate) a.b.c.254 Gateway/Firewall/Router
I allow "guest" devices, mainly phones, laptops etc., to be given any address in the .1-.199 range as I don't care about them.
Cheers, Laurie.
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Laurie Brown
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