Re: dhcp server subnetting
On Fri, 2002-09-27 at 12:56, Mike Egglestone wrote:
> Hi,
> I have debian woody acting as a simple firewall/ipmasq box.
> eth0 public IP
> eth1 private IP.
>
> I'm serving out IP's on eth1 but would like to go beyond 256 nodes.
> Currently, this is the setup for eth1:
>
> Network 10.0.0.0
> IP address 10.0.0.1
> Netmask 255.255.255.0
> broadcast 10.0.0.255
>
> My dhcpd.conf serves out IP's in this range:
> 10.0.0.20 - 10.0.0.254
> (2-19 are reserved for other servers, printers etc)
>
> Basically, is it OK networking practise to setup my eth1 as follows?:
For me it is OK, I am not very good in ethics and politics about
subnets;)
>
> Network 10.0.0.0
> IP address 10.0.0.1
> Netmask 255.255.254
> broadcast 10.0.1.255
>
> My dhcpd.conf would serve out IP's in this range:
> 10.0.0.20 - 10.0.1.254
>
> Would this give me a Legal subnet of 512? (minus the network and broadcast IP's
> of course)
But of course !
> I understand that I probably should throw a 3rd nic in the box and have 2
> complete subnets on my private side, but I think my Motherboard is all out of
> PCI slots.
>
> Any advice or help is greatly appreciated. :)
No advice, this should work properly !
Have a nice day!
Dominique Fortier
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
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