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SBS 2011 DHCP / VLAN Multiple subnets to support more than 500 Devices Static IP
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I have setup lots of SBS 2011 servers with single subnet before but today i was asked by a company to provide them with 368 Static IP address for their Wireless equipments, This is very new to me because all the SBS 2011 I ever setup had a single subnet so I can only connect up to 240 or so devices, how do I go about providing them with that many IP address. I also need to reserve these IP Addresses for the 368 equipments too.
Cheers
I have setup lots of SBS 2011 servers with single subnet before but today i was asked by a company to provide them with 368 Static IP address for their Wireless equipments, This is very new to me because all the SBS 2011 I ever setup had a single subnet so I can only connect up to 240 or so devices, how do I go about providing them with that many IP address. I also need to reserve these IP Addresses for the 368 equipments too.
Cheers
Cliff Galiher
If you are going to use VLANs then creating a second scope and DHCP relay on the device that will facilitate communications between VLANs will work fine. Nothing special to SBS here.
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Thank sorry still unclear to achieve this am I going to require a separate NC and switch or can it broadcast two separate subnet to the existing switchs, can you please give me the dummy version of it so I can understand cheers
SBS doesn't support multiple NICs, and if you don't have a basic working knowledge of VLANs then no, I can't condense what is often a cheer or three from a networking 101 book into a simple response.
If you have a specific question, I and other experts can help. But if you need a full information dump, there are classes, books, or paid consultants that are more suited to the task than EE.
If you have a specific question, I and other experts can help. But if you need a full information dump, there are classes, books, or paid consultants that are more suited to the task than EE.
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Ok please then answer these two questions and i'll give you the points, Thanx
1) So with VLANS I have to have a hardware like Cisco etc to implement it or can it be done software with SBS 2011
2) Going back to my original issue which is tryng to connect 500 or so devices to server to recieve IP Address how did people use to do that before VLAN, i did my Networking 20 years a go and VLAN did not exist and I remember universities etc had more than 300 computers on the same network on the same server
1) So with VLANS I have to have a hardware like Cisco etc to implement it or can it be done software with SBS 2011
2) Going back to my original issue which is tryng to connect 500 or so devices to server to recieve IP Address how did people use to do that before VLAN, i did my Networking 20 years a go and VLAN did not exist and I remember universities etc had more than 300 computers on the same network on the same server
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May be i didnt explain the issue correctly my SBS server 2011 the DHCP will be maxed out if i have 500 or more devices attached, so my issue is do i add another scope if so then if my memory is correct then do i need to change subnet mask to 255.255.0.0 been a while
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Cris the devices are kind of like access point for a medical equipment so they are not users so i am hoping i am ok with the cals, Thank you
And how many unique persons (user accounts) would access these 300 plus pieces of medical equipment. Will they log on to the SBS Server?
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Thank you bothi think I have to read some books on this, this was the first time i actually faced with that many devices so wasnt sure i needed VLAN or simple Scope / Superscope etc but on a final note do i need to change the subnet mask to so the computers see each other if i have added a scope of lets say 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.250 and 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.250
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Cris They are about 45 users but non will be using an account for these devices, they are basically wireless buttons that get pressed and generates numbers which means something to the Nurses but all require a unique static IP address
If you aren't routing between subnets, yes.
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Thanx Cliff Cheers mate, i'll try tomorrow