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Setup DHCP range
I'm about to do a full factory reset on my RAX80 and I'd like to reserve a range for assigned IP. What is best, to start the DHCP past the reserved range or have it at the beginning? For clarificati...
> [...] What is best, to start the DHCP past the reserved range or have
> it at the beginning?
Define "best". What difference would it make?
> Say, start the DCHP at 100-254 and use the IPs below 100 to assign to
> various devices I wish to have static IP for.
So long as the ".100" - ".254" range is big enough for your DHCP-pool
needs, and the ".2" - ".99" range is big enough for your non-pool
needs, that should work. (What could go wrong?)
> I have mine setup with the DHCP scope set below 100 and the reserved
> scope starts at 101. [...]
Putting the dividing line among the ".1xx" values is not the way I'd
do it. As proposed above, _all_ ".1xx" and ".2xx" values are in the
same category. No need for thought. And, in the words of the
philosopher Williams, "If you don't think too good, don't think too
much."
Well folks!
The reason I ask, is because last week or so, I read a post saying that having the assigned IP area at the start (.1-.99) then then the DHCP pool. They talked about how the router starts looking to assign IPS, I don’t recall details & I wish I would’ve kept it.
Thank you all for your input! Tomorrow I’ll do it & see what color smoke I get. (Only OLD engineers like me would understand that. )
The reason I ask, is because last week or so, I read a post saying that having the assigned IP area at the start (.1-.99) then then the DHCP pool. They talked about how the router starts looking to assign IPS, I don’t recall details & I wish I would’ve kept it.
Thank you all for your input! Tomorrow I’ll do it & see what color smoke I get. (Only OLD engineers like me would understand that. )