Do printers with static IPs need to be added to DHCP as a reserved IP
I currently have my printers with a static IP address, which is the way I want to keep them. I had a consultant advise me to also enter every printer IP in my DHCP as a reserved IP address, so I've done that a while back. I just bought 7 new printers I need to configure and I'm thinking do they really need to be added in DHCP and reserve a static IP, which makes no sense, since a static IP is not part of the DHCP range, do I still need to add them in my DHCP scope?
Any thoughts, direction, appreciated.
Any thoughts, direction, appreciated.
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that is correct. since the printers are not IN the scope and not even close to it you should be good. but documentation is everything. keeping the ip addresses you use for printers documented to what is available is key.
Exactly,
DHCP scopes are exclusively for endpoints. Anything like printers, NAS, Switches, etc, needs static address with good IP management following by its sequence # ip like for example 192.168.1.1 until 20.
Like I mentioned before, if you have only 5 printers think ahead of time, you must think in the future "they might have 20" and thus you can have a greater number of available IP addresses for management.
For this you will need good documentation, without it, you'd get lost in the mist.
DHCP scopes are exclusively for endpoints. Anything like printers, NAS, Switches, etc, needs static address with good IP management following by its sequence # ip like for example 192.168.1.1 until 20.
Like I mentioned before, if you have only 5 printers think ahead of time, you must think in the future "they might have 20" and thus you can have a greater number of available IP addresses for management.
For this you will need good documentation, without it, you'd get lost in the mist.
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Yes, I have a spreadsheet that I keep all my IPs in, for everything static that is.
Do you guys recommend another way for me to store my static IPs, some good software out there maybe?
I have like 15 tabs of different data in my one master spreadsheet, so far it's been working fine.
Do you guys recommend another way for me to store my static IPs, some good software out there maybe?
I have like 15 tabs of different data in my one master spreadsheet, so far it's been working fine.
if you run Windows server 2012 R2 or newer, look into IPAM. it is included with server and is integrated with DNS and DHCP and is a good (free) solution for doing what you are doing.
otherwise SolarWinds has a solution out that does the same thing. but it costs. there are also shareware open source solutions out there but I am not familiar with the setup of them.
otherwise SolarWinds has a solution out that does the same thing. but it costs. there are also shareware open source solutions out there but I am not familiar with the setup of them.
You need a monitor software if you want to improve your work productivity.
I recommend this software from solar winds, it provides a good hierarchy of your network base on your ips. You can discover it and as well add it even though is not in use. Check it out and try it for 30 days.
https://www.solarwinds.com/ip-address-manager
I recommend this software from solar winds, it provides a good hierarchy of your network base on your ips. You can discover it and as well add it even though is not in use. Check it out and try it for 30 days.
https://www.solarwinds.com/ip-address-manager
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Ouch, $2000 is a bit more than I can afford, if it was a few hundred, that would work, but I don't think my manager will approve 2K.
Sean Bravener has another good point too, try looking into that as well. There is many software out there just try it out.
if your dhcp scope is 192.168.100.0/22
then you should exclude ranges for servers, printers and switches with scope exclusion
then you should exclude ranges for servers, printers and switches with scope exclusion
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the entire subnet is /22, but ONLY 102-103 is DHCP, the first 512 IPs are static.
I did a demo with the solarwinds software, but the problem is the demo is for orion, so it has everything, I only care to see the demo for IPAM, so that didn't work.
I did a demo with the solarwinds software, but the problem is the demo is for orion, so it has everything, I only care to see the demo for IPAM, so that didn't work.
look into the windows ipam. it should suit your needs.
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thanks since it's free, if I don't like it, I can not use it :)
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thanks guys for your help
You can also look at the free version of ManageEngine. It provides a few more tools.
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192.168.100.1 - 101.254 is static
192.168.102.1 - 103.254 is dhcp
servers are from 100.100 - .150
switches are from 100.1 - .50
printers are from 100.50 - .100
etc....
So I should be fine then if I don't actually add the printers to my DHCP scope, since my IPs are not even in the scope that the DHCP server is passing out