IP Addressing

[iMoodz]

Hi all, just a quick question

assuming that there is an availability of IP addresses, what type of a suitable network addressing scheme could be used for the LAN?

Regards, Joe.

[Studlyami]

I'm not quite sure what your asking? Are you talking about how you should assign addresses to the LAN (Network Class, Subnetting , VLANS, ect.)? What type of a LAN? What type of security concerns do you have within the LAN? Outside the LAN? Is there sensitive data that certain people should have access to while others do not?

[Scotter]

Hi all, just a quick question

assuming that there is an availability of IP addresses, what type of a suitable network addressing scheme could be used for the LAN?

Regards, Joe.

Assuming your network will be under a PAT(meaning you only have 1 routeable IP from your ISP), on a LAN, you usually use private IP addresses that aren't routeable on the internet. The most common LAN IP addresses are 10.0.0.X, or 192.168.1.X. For a subnet you should probably use 255.255.255.0 because that will only allow 254 hosts on that subnet, and if you go above that, you will probably have problems.