how can i assign IP address on a 500 workstations? can someone help me how to start with. thank you?

Answer 1

This setup would work:

IP addresses: 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.1.254
Subnet mask: 255.255.254.0

This would give you 510 addresses to use. Also, it would be best to run DHCP on a server or router. This way, all of your computers can receive an address automatically instead of having to manually assign an address to each computer.

You would need to manually assign an address to your DHCP server or router that's handing out DHCP. For example, you could assign it an address of 192.168.0.1 and a subnet mask of 255.255.254.0

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

The best way to assign IP addresses in mass groups is to automatically assign them via a DHCP server. DHCP servers are available on most home networking routers or Windows and Unix / Linux servers. From these servers, you can assign or reserve IP configurations based on logical or physical differences within a network.
Subnetting suggested earlier is the logical subdivision of these physical networks into smaller and more manageable ones. This practice alone will not assign IPs but will provide a scheme that can be used along side a DHCP server to allocate different IP configurations based on their subnet membership.

However, before you even dive into this, you need to know if all 500 computers will need a public IP or each will be given a private IP but must share a public IP once on the internet. An advantage of public IPs is that they are routable and thus permit direct connections to the computer if required by an application. The disadvantage is that they are limited and cost money.

Private IPs however are free, but are not routable because they were ment to have no connectivity beyond the private network. However, with the use of proxies and network address translation (NAT) routers - you can gain access to the Internet by assigning a proxy or router a public IP. The proxy or router will then share this IP with any computer or grab requests on behalf of the private IP holder and act as a bridge between both networks.

The IP addressing scheme suggested directly before my post by GJneedsanswers will work. It is a private IP scheme and thus it will require a translating router or proxy along with at least one public IP to be shared. The subnet mask that this user also provided is sufficient to create two sub-networks of 254 IPs each, allowing a total of 508 IPs.

Subnet 1 = 192.168.0.1 through 192.168.0.254
Subnet 2 = 192.168.1.1 through 192.168.1.254

Answer 3

Well, you should use DHCP. Let that manage your network. You can have the IP static or dynamic.
This article might help get you started.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323416

Answer 4

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