No need to get creative on the IP side, but anticipating that you might want to handle labs different from regular offices or classes, etc, are easy to do with a little planning. No major overhead required.
*ASB *(My Bio via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Brian Desmond <[email protected]>wrote: > *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]* > > * * > > *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]> > 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]> 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]* > *www.eaglemds.com > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Vicky Spelshaus [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] > 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 > ~ 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
