Topic: More than 253 users.

[Rick]

What kind of an IP range would need to be set in order to have more than 253 users obtaining IP addresses from the same server on the same network ???

Looking to get about 500 users obtaining IP's off of my Mega-server over a single gigabit network.

Any help would be appreciated,
Richard

[Des Dougan]

RFC 1918 has the answer:

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/rfc/rfc1918.html


Des Dougan

[Sidney]

Rick,

  I would setup a class B address

10.164.x.x
subnet mask 255.255.0.0


That would give you planty.

[Marcel van Groenigen]

actualy 10.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 is a for intranet puposes reserved class A network.

if you want to setup a class B intranet network use one of 172.16.0.0/255.255.0.0 , 172.17.0.0/255.255.0.0 up to 172.31.0.0/255.255.0.0

the 10.x.x.x range will work with most programs when used as a class B network but some might automagicaly identify it as a class A and cause strange efects

[Jeff Coleman]

A Class B should be more than adequate for your 500+/- users (B=256x256).  But I would strongly suggest that you do not use .0 nets as many applications have trouble with them.  

Since you are using non-routable IP there is no reason not to use 10.1.1.0 or any other number rather than 0.

-jeff