Kenneth Burgener wrote: > I have a private network behind a NAT switch with a 10.0.0.0 network > address and a 255.255.255.0 subnet mask. I wish to expand the subnet to > 255.255.0.0. If on the NAT switch I were to just expand out the subnet, > would it break anything?
As long as your servers are using dhcp to get addresses then you are fine. If they are static, you'll need to change each one to a 255.255.0.0 netmask. > My expectation is the current servers would continue to function as is. > I could then add new servers, with the expectation that they wouldn't be > able to speak to servers with the old subnet mask, until updated. I > could then slowly update the old configured servers as needed. All > servers would then continue to work as expected, and will continue to > have Internet access. No, if you don't change the subnet masks you will have problems. Computers on the old 24-bit subnet will only be able to communicate with computers on the same 24-bit subnet until they are changed to the 16-bit subnet. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
