From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 30 14:55:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from snoopy.brwn.org (intgw1.brwn.org [196.28.127.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 548A337B479 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:55:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by snoopy.brwn.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DF68C3ABC; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 00:54:58 +0200 (SAST) Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 00:54:58 +0200 From: Willem Brown To: "gummibear@nettaxi.com" Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IP Address Management Message-ID: <20001031005458.K20880@snoopy.brwn.org> References: <200010302248.OAA26753@mail13.bigmailbox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200010302248.OAA26753@mail13.bigmailbox.com>; from gummibear@nettaxi.com on Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 02:48:35PM -0800 X-Public-Key: http://willem.brwn.org/pubkey.txt X-Chat-Server: http://chat.brwn.org/ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I bought this book a few months ago which I found very useful. IP Addressing and Subnetting including IPv6 Syngress ISBN 1-928994-01-6 www.syngress.com This book covers IP addressing and subnetting and also has stuff on deployment and management. It was worth the read for me. On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 02:48:35PM -0800, gummibear@nettaxi.com wrote: > > Hello! > > I was wondering what other sys admins do about IP Address management. By that I mean, the way (or, which method is commonly used to apply addresses for different devices) admins apply IP addresses to machines, printers, routers, etc. This there a certian convention used? > > I'm not sure if I'm totally making myself clear on this subject. But let's say you have a class C address block (192.168.0.0/24 for example). Where would you start numbering things off? At the router, server, etc? (router = 192.168.0.1, firewall = 192.168.0.2, server = 192.168.0.3, printer = 192.168.0.3 for example). I'm sure people don't apply addresses to machines at random, because that would be almost a nightmare to figure out what's what (unless you have DNS, or something to map it all out). > > Anyways, I just wanted to know if there are any undocumented standards or conventions to the application of IP addresses. > > Thanks! > > Joey > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Nettaxi MP3 Player, Burner, Ripper - NEW Version 2.0!!! DOWNLOAD IT FREE! (5MBs) > MP3 DOWNLOAD: http://www.nettaxi.com/mp3/version_2/ntxy_MP3_setup.exe > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Best Regards Willem Brown -- /* =============================================================== */ /* Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD. The choice is yours. */ /* =============================================================== */ There are some micro-organisms that exhibit characteristics of both plants and animals. When exposed to light they undergo photosynthesis; and when the lights go out, they turn into animals. But then again, don't we all. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message