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Hello EE,
I would like to assign an IP range for clients that are not part of my company like visitors. This is for the external Wi-Fi,
is there a recommended IP range that I can use.
Thanks,
I would like to assign an IP range for clients that are not part of my company like visitors. This is for the external Wi-Fi,
is there a recommended IP range that I can use.
Thanks,
It's depend what kind of firewall you have and what kind of WIFI devices.
I have Sonic Wall so I was neble create new VLAN on second Sonic Wall adapter and assign Sonic DHCP to it, then I;ve connected my Unify Wireless AP.
If you have only single LAN firewall you can add additional router to your network and configure DHCP on it to provide addresses only for connected to it WiFi APs.
I have Sonic Wall so I was neble create new VLAN on second Sonic Wall adapter and assign Sonic DHCP to it, then I;ve connected my Unify Wireless AP.
If you have only single LAN firewall you can add additional router to your network and configure DHCP on it to provide addresses only for connected to it WiFi APs.
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It depends on the equipment overall. In an ideal case, your router/firewall, switch, and access point all support VLANs. That way you can use your existing equipment and not have to have any two sets of equipment in parallel. (From the standpoint of using VLANs, I agree with John. From the standpoint is using a UniFi access point is you do not have an AP that supports VLANs, I agree with Tom.)
The only thing I would advise regarding the secondary range is that it does not overlap with the existing one.
And for general advise, I will always recommend avoiding using 192.168.0.x or 192.168.1.x for a network that is going to accept VPN connections. You can avoid conflicts that way because those are the ranges most home networks use.
The only thing I would advise regarding the secondary range is that it does not overlap with the existing one.
And for general advise, I will always recommend avoiding using 192.168.0.x or 192.168.1.x for a network that is going to accept VPN connections. You can avoid conflicts that way because those are the ranges most home networks use.
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@Zak - thank you and I was happy to help.
You can only have one DHCP range on one normal subnet, and adding a set of fixed IP address to that range does not secure anything.