[FADCA] IP Addressing for switches

[Chuck Hast]

On 12/10/05, Russell Oder <oderr at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Hast" <wchast at gmail.com>
> To: "FADCA" <fadca at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 2:08 AM
> Subject: [FADCA] IP Addressing for switches
>
>
> Folks,
> Presently we are using bogus IP addresses for the switch ports, this is OK
> in order to get the initial network up and running, but if we want to really
> get things going we need to plan on setting up the IP part and make it all
> talk at that level also. As we start linking switches using 802.11 gear and
> other high speed RF (and the wired links where we must) we need to look
> at our 44 assignments and start using them. I recall that Brian and Bruce
> when they worked over the IP address assignments for the state tried to
> more or less map blocks of class C addresses to area codes, but I am
> not sure if that is still followed or has been abandoned. The idea was to
> make it much easier to map between X.121 and IP addresses. That
> would make the translation of addresses a bit easier.
>
> I would figure that each major switch should have a class C address
> block in order to be able to hand out DHCP assignments to users as
> they come on and drop off of the network. Perhaps in some areas we
> will see a block of addresses across a large area due to low population
> demands.
>
> All of this needs to be thought about as we look forward into growing
> and adding applications to the network.
>
> --
> Chuck Hast
>
> Can you get with Bruce and Brian and find out?  I had a 44. address but it
> is long been lost in past computers.
>

They are no longer associated with that activity. I think that Mr Anderson is
the one who is coordinator now.


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Chuck Hast
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"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."