Basic networking and DHCP theory
Background
We're organizing an event where we need to connect about 10 PCs into a single LAN network (no internet access). We've got some general experience with "home" and "web" networking but we've never set up a custom network for ourselves before.
Our plan
- Get a basic managed or unmanaged switch
- Connect all PCs to it via ethernet
- Assign fixed IP to each one of them for easier access
- That's it
Questions
- Could someone with a bit more experience confirm if the above approach will "just work" as we imagine, or is there something we haven't taken into account?
- DHCP. If we set up a DHCP server on one of the PCs, will it "just work"? I.e. if we connect a laptop to the switch during the event, will it be assigned an IP from that PC, or does the DHCP server need to run directly on the switch?
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Background
We're organizing an event where we need to connect about 10 PCs into a single LAN network (no internet access). We've got some general experience with "home" and "web" networking but we've never set up a custom network for ourselves before.
Our plan
- Get a basic managed or unmanaged switch
- Connect all PCs to it via ethernet
- Assign fixed IP to each one of them for easier access
- That's it
Questions
- Could someone with a bit more experience confirm if the above approach will "just work" as we imagine, or is there something we haven't taken into account?
- DHCP. If we set up a DHCP server on one of the PCs, will it "just work"? I.e. if we connect a laptop to the switch during the event, will it be assigned an IP from that PC, or does the DHCP server need to run directly on the switch?
dhcp lan
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Switches do not care about IP addressing, they use layer-2 (MAC) addressing for forwarding frames. As long as the hosts are correctly addressed, they it should just work, but host/server configurations are off-topic here (you can ask about that for your business network on Server Fault).
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 17:06
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Background
We're organizing an event where we need to connect about 10 PCs into a single LAN network (no internet access). We've got some general experience with "home" and "web" networking but we've never set up a custom network for ourselves before.
Our plan
- Get a basic managed or unmanaged switch
- Connect all PCs to it via ethernet
- Assign fixed IP to each one of them for easier access
- That's it
Questions
- Could someone with a bit more experience confirm if the above approach will "just work" as we imagine, or is there something we haven't taken into account?
- DHCP. If we set up a DHCP server on one of the PCs, will it "just work"? I.e. if we connect a laptop to the switch during the event, will it be assigned an IP from that PC, or does the DHCP server need to run directly on the switch?
dhcp lan
Background
We're organizing an event where we need to connect about 10 PCs into a single LAN network (no internet access). We've got some general experience with "home" and "web" networking but we've never set up a custom network for ourselves before.
Our plan
- Get a basic managed or unmanaged switch
- Connect all PCs to it via ethernet
- Assign fixed IP to each one of them for easier access
- That's it
Questions
- Could someone with a bit more experience confirm if the above approach will "just work" as we imagine, or is there something we haven't taken into account?
- DHCP. If we set up a DHCP server on one of the PCs, will it "just work"? I.e. if we connect a laptop to the switch during the event, will it be assigned an IP from that PC, or does the DHCP server need to run directly on the switch?
dhcp lan
dhcp lan
asked Dec 7 '18 at 17:03
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Switches do not care about IP addressing, they use layer-2 (MAC) addressing for forwarding frames. As long as the hosts are correctly addressed, they it should just work, but host/server configurations are off-topic here (you can ask about that for your business network on Server Fault).
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 17:06
add a comment |
1
Switches do not care about IP addressing, they use layer-2 (MAC) addressing for forwarding frames. As long as the hosts are correctly addressed, they it should just work, but host/server configurations are off-topic here (you can ask about that for your business network on Server Fault).
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 17:06
1
1
Switches do not care about IP addressing, they use layer-2 (MAC) addressing for forwarding frames. As long as the hosts are correctly addressed, they it should just work, but host/server configurations are off-topic here (you can ask about that for your business network on Server Fault).
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 17:06
Switches do not care about IP addressing, they use layer-2 (MAC) addressing for forwarding frames. As long as the hosts are correctly addressed, they it should just work, but host/server configurations are off-topic here (you can ask about that for your business network on Server Fault).
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 17:06
add a comment |
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At the basic IP level, yes
- Static addressing will work
- Setting up one DHCP server will work
- Either one of the PCs
- On a small router
Most small-business switches without any configuration behave like a simple unmanaged switch, and certainly you don't need anything beyond that for what you desccribe.
By "work" I mean these:
- ping another host by IP address
- web from one host to another by IP address (on presumption you have a web server)
- SSH from one host to another by IP address (on presumption they are set up to accept SSH)
What won't work is any name-to-address translation
For short-duration small networks
- Just using IP addresses is fine
- Use
/etc/hosts
(unix) orhosts.txt
(Windows) for the few names you need - Set up a DNS server (not recommended if you are new to this)
- Set up Windows NetBIOS-type name resolution (not recommended if you're new to that)
Another thing which won't work (as you've described your network) is any kind of check-license-over-internet, which a lot of software uses these days.
Something which might surprise you is the amount of software which checks the reverse lookups of incoming IP addresses. For example, many telnet, SSH, web, mail server programs will reverse lookup the IP address (ie, make a DNS lookup to find the name from the IP address). These programs will normally make DNS lookup to their configured DNS server, which is possibly on the far side of a local router. These things can sometimes fail and retry rather slowly. Some applications and operating systems will let you use /etc/hosts
as mentioned above.
This issue is definitely worth checking with your planned applications.
Thank you for confirming everything. And the newly connecting devices will find the DHCP server by themselves? No need to tell them where where it is?
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:01
1
DHCP always works like that: clients always broadcast to find them ("hey any DHCP servers there? please can I have an address").
– jonathanjo
Dec 7 '18 at 18:04
Great news. DNS shouldn't cause us too much trouble, we're building software for all of those PCs in house, so hopefully can mitigate that and disable all irrelevant system services.
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:07
What OS are your PCs?
– jonathanjo
Dec 7 '18 at 18:11
A mixture of windows and mac.
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:14
|
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Welcome to Network Engineering!
Your plan is fine, as long as you assign IP addresses in the same subnet. You can, for example, use addresses 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2, etc. The subnet mask should be 255.255.255.0.
As an alternative, you can let the PCs assign their own addresses. All the PCs will assign themselves addresses in the 169.254.0.0 network, with the subnet 255.255.0.0. You don't have to do anything for this to happen. This method has a slight disadvantage in that you have to look at each PC to see their address.
For a small network like this, DHCP is an unnecessary complication.
Thank you for confirming my thoughts. The reason why I asked about DHCP is to ease things a bit for us on the day (not having to change IP configuration on control laptops, which we'll use occasionally in preparation to the event).
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:05
add a comment |
Honestly, small business level routers are so cheap nowadays, I'd just pick up one of those for fifty bucks, pick up an unmanaged switch, and do the DHCP that way. It's a LOT easier. This way, if your situation changes, and you do need internet access, you can plug in the upstream. If your situation does not change, you can leave it alone. You can leave the router's defaults in place and have your clients use DHCP.
Consumer-grade devices are explicitly off-topic here.
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 20:54
Why? Where was that stated? I don't know where the original poster is located, but where I'm located, there is a computers and electronics shop where there are also cheap routers that are a step above consumer-grade if that helps.
– J.D. Walker
Dec 7 '18 at 20:56
It right on the What topics can I ask about here? page under the Off-Topic section: "consumer grade products"
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 21:21
For a product to be on-topic, the manufacturer must offer optional, paid support: "hardware that has a paid support option from the manufacturer (enterprise/provider class products, some small business class devices)"
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 21:22
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At the basic IP level, yes
- Static addressing will work
- Setting up one DHCP server will work
- Either one of the PCs
- On a small router
Most small-business switches without any configuration behave like a simple unmanaged switch, and certainly you don't need anything beyond that for what you desccribe.
By "work" I mean these:
- ping another host by IP address
- web from one host to another by IP address (on presumption you have a web server)
- SSH from one host to another by IP address (on presumption they are set up to accept SSH)
What won't work is any name-to-address translation
For short-duration small networks
- Just using IP addresses is fine
- Use
/etc/hosts
(unix) orhosts.txt
(Windows) for the few names you need - Set up a DNS server (not recommended if you are new to this)
- Set up Windows NetBIOS-type name resolution (not recommended if you're new to that)
Another thing which won't work (as you've described your network) is any kind of check-license-over-internet, which a lot of software uses these days.
Something which might surprise you is the amount of software which checks the reverse lookups of incoming IP addresses. For example, many telnet, SSH, web, mail server programs will reverse lookup the IP address (ie, make a DNS lookup to find the name from the IP address). These programs will normally make DNS lookup to their configured DNS server, which is possibly on the far side of a local router. These things can sometimes fail and retry rather slowly. Some applications and operating systems will let you use /etc/hosts
as mentioned above.
This issue is definitely worth checking with your planned applications.
Thank you for confirming everything. And the newly connecting devices will find the DHCP server by themselves? No need to tell them where where it is?
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:01
1
DHCP always works like that: clients always broadcast to find them ("hey any DHCP servers there? please can I have an address").
– jonathanjo
Dec 7 '18 at 18:04
Great news. DNS shouldn't cause us too much trouble, we're building software for all of those PCs in house, so hopefully can mitigate that and disable all irrelevant system services.
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:07
What OS are your PCs?
– jonathanjo
Dec 7 '18 at 18:11
A mixture of windows and mac.
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:14
|
show 1 more comment
At the basic IP level, yes
- Static addressing will work
- Setting up one DHCP server will work
- Either one of the PCs
- On a small router
Most small-business switches without any configuration behave like a simple unmanaged switch, and certainly you don't need anything beyond that for what you desccribe.
By "work" I mean these:
- ping another host by IP address
- web from one host to another by IP address (on presumption you have a web server)
- SSH from one host to another by IP address (on presumption they are set up to accept SSH)
What won't work is any name-to-address translation
For short-duration small networks
- Just using IP addresses is fine
- Use
/etc/hosts
(unix) orhosts.txt
(Windows) for the few names you need - Set up a DNS server (not recommended if you are new to this)
- Set up Windows NetBIOS-type name resolution (not recommended if you're new to that)
Another thing which won't work (as you've described your network) is any kind of check-license-over-internet, which a lot of software uses these days.
Something which might surprise you is the amount of software which checks the reverse lookups of incoming IP addresses. For example, many telnet, SSH, web, mail server programs will reverse lookup the IP address (ie, make a DNS lookup to find the name from the IP address). These programs will normally make DNS lookup to their configured DNS server, which is possibly on the far side of a local router. These things can sometimes fail and retry rather slowly. Some applications and operating systems will let you use /etc/hosts
as mentioned above.
This issue is definitely worth checking with your planned applications.
Thank you for confirming everything. And the newly connecting devices will find the DHCP server by themselves? No need to tell them where where it is?
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:01
1
DHCP always works like that: clients always broadcast to find them ("hey any DHCP servers there? please can I have an address").
– jonathanjo
Dec 7 '18 at 18:04
Great news. DNS shouldn't cause us too much trouble, we're building software for all of those PCs in house, so hopefully can mitigate that and disable all irrelevant system services.
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:07
What OS are your PCs?
– jonathanjo
Dec 7 '18 at 18:11
A mixture of windows and mac.
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:14
|
show 1 more comment
At the basic IP level, yes
- Static addressing will work
- Setting up one DHCP server will work
- Either one of the PCs
- On a small router
Most small-business switches without any configuration behave like a simple unmanaged switch, and certainly you don't need anything beyond that for what you desccribe.
By "work" I mean these:
- ping another host by IP address
- web from one host to another by IP address (on presumption you have a web server)
- SSH from one host to another by IP address (on presumption they are set up to accept SSH)
What won't work is any name-to-address translation
For short-duration small networks
- Just using IP addresses is fine
- Use
/etc/hosts
(unix) orhosts.txt
(Windows) for the few names you need - Set up a DNS server (not recommended if you are new to this)
- Set up Windows NetBIOS-type name resolution (not recommended if you're new to that)
Another thing which won't work (as you've described your network) is any kind of check-license-over-internet, which a lot of software uses these days.
Something which might surprise you is the amount of software which checks the reverse lookups of incoming IP addresses. For example, many telnet, SSH, web, mail server programs will reverse lookup the IP address (ie, make a DNS lookup to find the name from the IP address). These programs will normally make DNS lookup to their configured DNS server, which is possibly on the far side of a local router. These things can sometimes fail and retry rather slowly. Some applications and operating systems will let you use /etc/hosts
as mentioned above.
This issue is definitely worth checking with your planned applications.
At the basic IP level, yes
- Static addressing will work
- Setting up one DHCP server will work
- Either one of the PCs
- On a small router
Most small-business switches without any configuration behave like a simple unmanaged switch, and certainly you don't need anything beyond that for what you desccribe.
By "work" I mean these:
- ping another host by IP address
- web from one host to another by IP address (on presumption you have a web server)
- SSH from one host to another by IP address (on presumption they are set up to accept SSH)
What won't work is any name-to-address translation
For short-duration small networks
- Just using IP addresses is fine
- Use
/etc/hosts
(unix) orhosts.txt
(Windows) for the few names you need - Set up a DNS server (not recommended if you are new to this)
- Set up Windows NetBIOS-type name resolution (not recommended if you're new to that)
Another thing which won't work (as you've described your network) is any kind of check-license-over-internet, which a lot of software uses these days.
Something which might surprise you is the amount of software which checks the reverse lookups of incoming IP addresses. For example, many telnet, SSH, web, mail server programs will reverse lookup the IP address (ie, make a DNS lookup to find the name from the IP address). These programs will normally make DNS lookup to their configured DNS server, which is possibly on the far side of a local router. These things can sometimes fail and retry rather slowly. Some applications and operating systems will let you use /etc/hosts
as mentioned above.
This issue is definitely worth checking with your planned applications.
edited Dec 7 '18 at 18:03
answered Dec 7 '18 at 17:46
jonathanjojonathanjo
11.2k1934
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Thank you for confirming everything. And the newly connecting devices will find the DHCP server by themselves? No need to tell them where where it is?
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:01
1
DHCP always works like that: clients always broadcast to find them ("hey any DHCP servers there? please can I have an address").
– jonathanjo
Dec 7 '18 at 18:04
Great news. DNS shouldn't cause us too much trouble, we're building software for all of those PCs in house, so hopefully can mitigate that and disable all irrelevant system services.
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:07
What OS are your PCs?
– jonathanjo
Dec 7 '18 at 18:11
A mixture of windows and mac.
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:14
|
show 1 more comment
Thank you for confirming everything. And the newly connecting devices will find the DHCP server by themselves? No need to tell them where where it is?
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:01
1
DHCP always works like that: clients always broadcast to find them ("hey any DHCP servers there? please can I have an address").
– jonathanjo
Dec 7 '18 at 18:04
Great news. DNS shouldn't cause us too much trouble, we're building software for all of those PCs in house, so hopefully can mitigate that and disable all irrelevant system services.
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:07
What OS are your PCs?
– jonathanjo
Dec 7 '18 at 18:11
A mixture of windows and mac.
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:14
Thank you for confirming everything. And the newly connecting devices will find the DHCP server by themselves? No need to tell them where where it is?
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:01
Thank you for confirming everything. And the newly connecting devices will find the DHCP server by themselves? No need to tell them where where it is?
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:01
1
1
DHCP always works like that: clients always broadcast to find them ("hey any DHCP servers there? please can I have an address").
– jonathanjo
Dec 7 '18 at 18:04
DHCP always works like that: clients always broadcast to find them ("hey any DHCP servers there? please can I have an address").
– jonathanjo
Dec 7 '18 at 18:04
Great news. DNS shouldn't cause us too much trouble, we're building software for all of those PCs in house, so hopefully can mitigate that and disable all irrelevant system services.
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:07
Great news. DNS shouldn't cause us too much trouble, we're building software for all of those PCs in house, so hopefully can mitigate that and disable all irrelevant system services.
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:07
What OS are your PCs?
– jonathanjo
Dec 7 '18 at 18:11
What OS are your PCs?
– jonathanjo
Dec 7 '18 at 18:11
A mixture of windows and mac.
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:14
A mixture of windows and mac.
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:14
|
show 1 more comment
Welcome to Network Engineering!
Your plan is fine, as long as you assign IP addresses in the same subnet. You can, for example, use addresses 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2, etc. The subnet mask should be 255.255.255.0.
As an alternative, you can let the PCs assign their own addresses. All the PCs will assign themselves addresses in the 169.254.0.0 network, with the subnet 255.255.0.0. You don't have to do anything for this to happen. This method has a slight disadvantage in that you have to look at each PC to see their address.
For a small network like this, DHCP is an unnecessary complication.
Thank you for confirming my thoughts. The reason why I asked about DHCP is to ease things a bit for us on the day (not having to change IP configuration on control laptops, which we'll use occasionally in preparation to the event).
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:05
add a comment |
Welcome to Network Engineering!
Your plan is fine, as long as you assign IP addresses in the same subnet. You can, for example, use addresses 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2, etc. The subnet mask should be 255.255.255.0.
As an alternative, you can let the PCs assign their own addresses. All the PCs will assign themselves addresses in the 169.254.0.0 network, with the subnet 255.255.0.0. You don't have to do anything for this to happen. This method has a slight disadvantage in that you have to look at each PC to see their address.
For a small network like this, DHCP is an unnecessary complication.
Thank you for confirming my thoughts. The reason why I asked about DHCP is to ease things a bit for us on the day (not having to change IP configuration on control laptops, which we'll use occasionally in preparation to the event).
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:05
add a comment |
Welcome to Network Engineering!
Your plan is fine, as long as you assign IP addresses in the same subnet. You can, for example, use addresses 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2, etc. The subnet mask should be 255.255.255.0.
As an alternative, you can let the PCs assign their own addresses. All the PCs will assign themselves addresses in the 169.254.0.0 network, with the subnet 255.255.0.0. You don't have to do anything for this to happen. This method has a slight disadvantage in that you have to look at each PC to see their address.
For a small network like this, DHCP is an unnecessary complication.
Welcome to Network Engineering!
Your plan is fine, as long as you assign IP addresses in the same subnet. You can, for example, use addresses 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2, etc. The subnet mask should be 255.255.255.0.
As an alternative, you can let the PCs assign their own addresses. All the PCs will assign themselves addresses in the 169.254.0.0 network, with the subnet 255.255.0.0. You don't have to do anything for this to happen. This method has a slight disadvantage in that you have to look at each PC to see their address.
For a small network like this, DHCP is an unnecessary complication.
answered Dec 7 '18 at 17:14
Ron TrunkRon Trunk
35.4k33372
35.4k33372
Thank you for confirming my thoughts. The reason why I asked about DHCP is to ease things a bit for us on the day (not having to change IP configuration on control laptops, which we'll use occasionally in preparation to the event).
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:05
add a comment |
Thank you for confirming my thoughts. The reason why I asked about DHCP is to ease things a bit for us on the day (not having to change IP configuration on control laptops, which we'll use occasionally in preparation to the event).
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:05
Thank you for confirming my thoughts. The reason why I asked about DHCP is to ease things a bit for us on the day (not having to change IP configuration on control laptops, which we'll use occasionally in preparation to the event).
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:05
Thank you for confirming my thoughts. The reason why I asked about DHCP is to ease things a bit for us on the day (not having to change IP configuration on control laptops, which we'll use occasionally in preparation to the event).
– ZorleQ
Dec 7 '18 at 18:05
add a comment |
Honestly, small business level routers are so cheap nowadays, I'd just pick up one of those for fifty bucks, pick up an unmanaged switch, and do the DHCP that way. It's a LOT easier. This way, if your situation changes, and you do need internet access, you can plug in the upstream. If your situation does not change, you can leave it alone. You can leave the router's defaults in place and have your clients use DHCP.
Consumer-grade devices are explicitly off-topic here.
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 20:54
Why? Where was that stated? I don't know where the original poster is located, but where I'm located, there is a computers and electronics shop where there are also cheap routers that are a step above consumer-grade if that helps.
– J.D. Walker
Dec 7 '18 at 20:56
It right on the What topics can I ask about here? page under the Off-Topic section: "consumer grade products"
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 21:21
For a product to be on-topic, the manufacturer must offer optional, paid support: "hardware that has a paid support option from the manufacturer (enterprise/provider class products, some small business class devices)"
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 21:22
add a comment |
Honestly, small business level routers are so cheap nowadays, I'd just pick up one of those for fifty bucks, pick up an unmanaged switch, and do the DHCP that way. It's a LOT easier. This way, if your situation changes, and you do need internet access, you can plug in the upstream. If your situation does not change, you can leave it alone. You can leave the router's defaults in place and have your clients use DHCP.
Consumer-grade devices are explicitly off-topic here.
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 20:54
Why? Where was that stated? I don't know where the original poster is located, but where I'm located, there is a computers and electronics shop where there are also cheap routers that are a step above consumer-grade if that helps.
– J.D. Walker
Dec 7 '18 at 20:56
It right on the What topics can I ask about here? page under the Off-Topic section: "consumer grade products"
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 21:21
For a product to be on-topic, the manufacturer must offer optional, paid support: "hardware that has a paid support option from the manufacturer (enterprise/provider class products, some small business class devices)"
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 21:22
add a comment |
Honestly, small business level routers are so cheap nowadays, I'd just pick up one of those for fifty bucks, pick up an unmanaged switch, and do the DHCP that way. It's a LOT easier. This way, if your situation changes, and you do need internet access, you can plug in the upstream. If your situation does not change, you can leave it alone. You can leave the router's defaults in place and have your clients use DHCP.
Honestly, small business level routers are so cheap nowadays, I'd just pick up one of those for fifty bucks, pick up an unmanaged switch, and do the DHCP that way. It's a LOT easier. This way, if your situation changes, and you do need internet access, you can plug in the upstream. If your situation does not change, you can leave it alone. You can leave the router's defaults in place and have your clients use DHCP.
edited Dec 7 '18 at 21:46
answered Dec 7 '18 at 20:42
J.D. WalkerJ.D. Walker
11
11
Consumer-grade devices are explicitly off-topic here.
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 20:54
Why? Where was that stated? I don't know where the original poster is located, but where I'm located, there is a computers and electronics shop where there are also cheap routers that are a step above consumer-grade if that helps.
– J.D. Walker
Dec 7 '18 at 20:56
It right on the What topics can I ask about here? page under the Off-Topic section: "consumer grade products"
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 21:21
For a product to be on-topic, the manufacturer must offer optional, paid support: "hardware that has a paid support option from the manufacturer (enterprise/provider class products, some small business class devices)"
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 21:22
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Consumer-grade devices are explicitly off-topic here.
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 20:54
Why? Where was that stated? I don't know where the original poster is located, but where I'm located, there is a computers and electronics shop where there are also cheap routers that are a step above consumer-grade if that helps.
– J.D. Walker
Dec 7 '18 at 20:56
It right on the What topics can I ask about here? page under the Off-Topic section: "consumer grade products"
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 21:21
For a product to be on-topic, the manufacturer must offer optional, paid support: "hardware that has a paid support option from the manufacturer (enterprise/provider class products, some small business class devices)"
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 21:22
Consumer-grade devices are explicitly off-topic here.
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 20:54
Consumer-grade devices are explicitly off-topic here.
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 20:54
Why? Where was that stated? I don't know where the original poster is located, but where I'm located, there is a computers and electronics shop where there are also cheap routers that are a step above consumer-grade if that helps.
– J.D. Walker
Dec 7 '18 at 20:56
Why? Where was that stated? I don't know where the original poster is located, but where I'm located, there is a computers and electronics shop where there are also cheap routers that are a step above consumer-grade if that helps.
– J.D. Walker
Dec 7 '18 at 20:56
It right on the What topics can I ask about here? page under the Off-Topic section: "consumer grade products"
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 21:21
It right on the What topics can I ask about here? page under the Off-Topic section: "consumer grade products"
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 21:21
For a product to be on-topic, the manufacturer must offer optional, paid support: "hardware that has a paid support option from the manufacturer (enterprise/provider class products, some small business class devices)"
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 21:22
For a product to be on-topic, the manufacturer must offer optional, paid support: "hardware that has a paid support option from the manufacturer (enterprise/provider class products, some small business class devices)"
– Ron Maupin♦
Dec 7 '18 at 21:22
add a comment |
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Switches do not care about IP addressing, they use layer-2 (MAC) addressing for forwarding frames. As long as the hosts are correctly addressed, they it should just work, but host/server configurations are off-topic here (you can ask about that for your business network on Server Fault).
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