Naming yes, but, I have never seen any reason to get creative with the IP addressing. Chunk the subnets up size and location wise and be done with it. Doing some sort of crazy static reservation scheme on a per machine basis without automation is going to just be endless overhead and work.
Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> c - 312.731.3132 From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 9:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IP range for labs >>There is something to be said for having a systematic approach to IP >>addressing and naming in a large environment. Indeed!! ASB (My Bio via About.Me<http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: My second to the last year at a high school with 6 labs and 2 mobile labs, I reserved all the labs to one section of my subnet. We had issues with students accessing in appropriate websites occasionally. Having the IP address essentially static made identifying the offending computer easier. My last year, I contemplated reserving all student computers in DHCP, but it was my last year there and I wouldn't receive a lot of benefit from it. I did add a couple of the science labs which had 6-12 computers in them, but not individual classroom computers for student use. Going back to the OP. There is something to be said for having a systematic approach to IP addressing and naming in a large environment. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: "I could reserve them, but they won't be in a nice sequential order like she wants." Why not? Couldn't you reserve the range for her classroom and assign IP Addresses to individual MAC addresses in whatever order she wants? (I'm assuming you mean that she essentially wants IP addresses assigned in some kind of order that is in relation to the way the room is physically laid out?) ...Aside from the fact that in doing so you would be setting a precedent. This may or may not be a good thing for your sanity, depending on how big of a campus you are supporting. Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.eaglemds.com<http://www.eaglemds.com> ________________________________ From: Vicky Spelshaus [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 9:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: IP range for labs Please forgive me if I'm asking a stupid question... not enough coffee yet. I have a situation where one of the professors wants to keep students from cheating by restricting access to online quizes using the IP addresses of the classroom workstations. She can do this with the software. Here is my problem - not surprisingly I'm using a DHCP server. I refuse to give over half the campus static IP addresses. I could reserve them, but they won't be in a nice seqential order like she wants. Is there another option I am missing? -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
