Topic: change the ip address of my server

[Donquick]

Hi all,

I am guessing this is pretty trivial, but i don't want to risk it until i ask some advice. 

I want to allow VPN for a user and have managed to get in to work on a test setup using my laptop from home.  I understand from various sources that it is wise (or perhaps necessary) to have a different IP range for the laptop and the server network.  My server network is based on the 192.168.1.xxx pattern and i have changed the home router to DHCP 192.168.2.xxx

It works well, but i now need to set up for the employee.  I don't want to start fiddling around with her home network so i would like to let her home router DHCP 192.168.1.xxx or whatever is the default.  So i would like to chaneg the fixed IPs on the work networ to 192.168.2.xxx or something.   I was about to do this on the workstations (whihc have fixed IPs anyway) when i realise that i will need to move he server to the new range too.

Can somebody just tell me if this is a simple operation and how i might carry it out.

Thanks for your help. 

Don

 

[Stefano]

hi

reading the documentation could be a good start

anyway, logo on as admin in SME's cli and choose "Configure this server"

[janet]

Donquick

You would be best to use something like
192.168.10.x  or 192.168.100.x for your work server, which will totally avoid the IP range that home users are likely to use eg 192.168.1.x or 192.168.2.x etc.

As suggested please read the manual linked at top of forums, but the quick answer is to log in as admin and select Configure this server from the Console menu, and then change the server local IP, leave all other settings unchanged. After a reboot, then go around and turn on all the workstations, they should be allocated a new IP in the correct range by the sme DHCP server.

[Donquick]

Thanks both.