LAN IP static assignments.

[TomZ]

I will be building a LAN with a VPN Concentrator this week and have a memory of someone posting their basic IP addy's but I can't find it tonight....

Anywho, I have a DSL modem>router>24 port switch and from there I have:

1 XDS sat receiver
1 ViaRadio Decoder
1 ViaRadio Encoder
1 SAGE Digital EAS
1 OmniaOne
1 AudioVault Automation
1 DJ Computer for general talk~info.
1 Spot Production computer
1 Traffic / billing computer
2 Sales computers
2 Networked IP printers
1 GM Computer
1 Server
1 Streaming encoder
1 Transfer computer for Voice Tracking
1 NAS box.

OK, I'm not asking you to do my job; but I really would like to read about the hazards I might encounter on this project.

 

[ChiefOperator]

I think you're talking about the thread where some suggested subnetting the entire LAN. I've done this at all my locations.

Basically, I grouped the computers into logical groups (office, encoder, automation, VOIP, etc.) and then assigned each group to a specific subnet. each device also has a static IP address.

subnets:

192.168.88.x
.77.x
.66.x
etc.

Next step was to add firewall rules to prevent the subnets from 'seeing' one another. I also added QoS where needed.

Your router may or may not support subnets. Is your 24 port switch a 'smart' switch?

 

[chriscollins]

Tom,

Are your Audiovault files local to the workstation or is the audio volume mounted by multiple machines? I run my Audiovault with File Servers. The audio cards are local to the workstations, but the files are out on the servers. I treat that network separately. This seems to be a small station you are talking about, but I would definitely put all the AV Stuff on it's own hub & subnet, then link it to the rest of the network via a managed switch, to keep the 'crap' traffic off of the automation network.

In my site, I have Audiovault & PD Computers on 1 network with their own external Static IP. They are not even interconnected to the rest of the building in any way, shape or form. No computer on the automation network can see hardly anything on the Internet, other than Windows Update and the FTP sites we get programs from.