[FADCA] IP Addressing for switches

[Russell Oder]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Hast" <wchast at gmail.com>
To: "Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association" 
<fadca at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [FADCA] IP Addressing for switches


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.


--
Chuck Hast

Mr. Anderson?  Do we know him? I can not place him or I need more 
information.

Russ