ok i seem to be having a bit of a problem with my network.

is it ok to set my network up as follows

all static
192.168.0.1 - firewall n router
192.168.0.2 - server
192.168.0.3 - swtich1
192.168.0.4 - wireless access point
192.168.0.5 - switch2

192.168.0.100-192.168.0.180 for computers on the network (DHCP range specified on router)

will this work? i just want to make sure that by setting them like this they'll all be able to talk to each other, they're all on the same subnet

thanks

I dont think it will work.

hey yeh it does work, figured as long as they're all set to 192.168.0.X where X is between 1 and 254 and the subnet is set to 255.255.255.0 everything works fine.

Short answer: that will work fine

Under IP4, which part of an IP address is the network address and which part the host address is determined by the "subnet mask". A subnet mask is a special address composed of only 255 or 0. When aligned to the IP address, a 255 means the octet (number) is part of the network address and a 0 means the octet is part of the host address.

If your DHCP issues IP addresses between 192.168.0.100 and 192.168.0.180, with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, then the network address is 192.168.0.0 and each host has an address of 100~180. They will be able to communicate with any other host in the network 192.168.0.0, or in other words, any host in the range 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.255.

If the subnet mask was 255.0.0.0 for example, the network address would be 192.0.0.0, meaning any host within the range of 192.0.0.1 and 192.255.255.255 could communicate.

Does this make sense?

yeh it does all make sense thanks.

i read some article on IP's and subnets and all that.

all makes sense, once you know how

thanks for your help