Fellow [H]ers. I need some guidance. My network at work is a superscope 192.168.4.x/.5.x with a subnet of 255.255.254.0 Our gateway is .4.2, servers and switches are 4.3-4.25, copiers and WAPs are .4.26-4.50. The rest of the network is DHCP frpm 4.51-.5.253 on the same subnet. Obvioulsy we are running out of address space with all of the additional devices. I've been getting DHCP failures in bunches throughout the day. I went to one of our windows 2019 DCs that hosts DHCP and notice on the DHCP panel that there are only 5-7 free addresses available.
Normally on this type of network that I need to be non-complicated because I am not a networking guru like I used to be when IT was a full-time job. I kinda am a set it and forget it person nowadays. I was hoping to give the entire network a subnet of 255.255.252.0 to triple the size of the network. I would need to do this on Friday afternoon because school lets out at noon. Just a lot of grunt work.
My question is this: Is there a way to leave the network the same as is for the time being until Xmas when I had planned to put in a new upgraded switched network. I want to add another subnet that could communicate with the current network without the additions of more switches to route the subnet? SO a 192.168.4/5x and subnet of 255.255.254.0 talk to a 192.168.4.6/.7 with a subnet of 255.255.252.0 without a bunch of crap or do I have to work a Friday and Saturday? What about increasing the IP schema to 192.168.1.x with a subnet of 255.255.252.0 and talk to the 192.168.4.x / 255.255.254.0....I'll leave to my fellow [H]ers to brainstorm.
Thank you.
Normally on this type of network that I need to be non-complicated because I am not a networking guru like I used to be when IT was a full-time job. I kinda am a set it and forget it person nowadays. I was hoping to give the entire network a subnet of 255.255.252.0 to triple the size of the network. I would need to do this on Friday afternoon because school lets out at noon. Just a lot of grunt work.
My question is this: Is there a way to leave the network the same as is for the time being until Xmas when I had planned to put in a new upgraded switched network. I want to add another subnet that could communicate with the current network without the additions of more switches to route the subnet? SO a 192.168.4/5x and subnet of 255.255.254.0 talk to a 192.168.4.6/.7 with a subnet of 255.255.252.0 without a bunch of crap or do I have to work a Friday and Saturday? What about increasing the IP schema to 192.168.1.x with a subnet of 255.255.252.0 and talk to the 192.168.4.x / 255.255.254.0....I'll leave to my fellow [H]ers to brainstorm.
Thank you.