I´d like to have an IPAD network

Networking Static/Dynamic Routing
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Hello community,
i have a few IPFire´s here in a few schools which are getting a lot of mobile devices these days.
For those devices i need a second and maybe a third subnet to have enough free IP addresses.

Here is my setup so far:

192.168.1.0/24 = GREEN
192.168.100.0/24 = BLUE (WIFI, IPADS so far, AccessPoints etc.)
192.168.50.0/24 = ORANGE DMZ
PPOE = RED

So for now i would like to have a 192.168.101.0/24 for instance with DHCP and routing inside the BLUE network. A second BLUE subnet if you like.

Is that possible, and if how?

Greetings

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If it is about number of IPs only, just define your BLUE network just as 192.168.100.0/23 or 192.168.100.0/22.

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That makes sense.
http://www.subnet-calculator.com/cidr.php

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OK, so i will do something like:

cidr

I can use the subnet 192.168.100.1-254, 101.1-254, 102.1-254 and 103.1-254, right?
What about DHCP? How can i configure this right in IPFire in that case?

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If you use /22, your IP can vary in the last 10(=32-22) bits. That means your net allows 1022 client IPs ( 1024=2^10 minus network address minus broadcast address ).
DHCP allows you do define a subset of these 1022 addresses as dynamic allocated. The remainder can be used for fixed leases ( which I would recommend, it makes things sometimes easier ).

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Hi,

Consider lowering your dhcp renewal time if you have a higher turn over of clients coming and going.
No point in giving a long lease to someone who pops in for an hour a day.

Joe.

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Maybe also consider using a private net in the 172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255 range (about 1 million clients) or the 10.0.0.0 – 10.255.255.255 range (~16 million clients)

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Another important consideration is the increase in broadcast traffic with all the device discovery going on with bonjour et al.

In a large subnet, make sure both your wireless solution and your switching/routing can handle/mitigate this.

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Thanks a lot for all your comments!
I´ve switched now to a CIDR 22 notation and it works like a charm. I have plenty of addresses i can use and a lot of space for switches etc. free.