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Can the IP Address Range of Network Equipment be different to the Clients

I'm new to an IT Administrator role and the previous guy had things setup a little strange.
This includes the IP range of the entire network being a publicly used range which is causing problems.
In attempting to start the move to a dedicated LAN IP range the thought crossed my mind of the IP addresses of the managed switches and Wireless Access Points.
Can I change the IP addresses of these pieces of Hardware and the Computers etc attached to them still work?

harbor235

Be careful here, if you are talking about only changing a dedicated interface used for management then yes you can. However, if the interface address you are changing is used for routing traffic than this could be a problem and cause connectivity issues for your internal systems.

More information mis needd here.

harbor235 ;}

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ASKER

I do only mean the management IP's of the switches / Access Points. None of them are DNS or DHCP servers etc.

ngravatt

you should be fine changing the IP address of the router/switches. This is a best practice. Dedicate a seperate subnet as your 'management network'. If you use ACLs/firewalls, you can secure the devices even better.

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ASKER

Let me just check I get you....
For example:
Setup the Network Equipment on 192.168.0.*
Setup the PCs Laptops etc on 10.*

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ngravatt

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