IP translation

[ABDFiremaster]

Good afternoon all

A little help with probably a simple query but here goes.

Currently we have a Ip range of 192.168.50.* subnet of 255.255.255.0 which is dishing out DCHP requests from our Server. Ove the years, servers printers and pc's have increased so we are running o8ut of Ip addresses. so what we would like to do is the following

Servers and printers 192.168.50.* / 255.255.255.0 (with a small scope of DHCP addresses as well, say 150)

PC's DHCP 192.3168.60.* / 255.255.255.0

So we now need to route the new ip range so that the new ip addresses can be used. 

We purchased a Cisco RV042G to be able to route the new addresses but so far have been unsucessful. 

Any tips on how we can achieve this with this router? we have no other managed routers on site just basic netgear switches.

let me know if you need any more info and i will try to answer the best i can. I am a developer not a network guru

[Richard Burts]

Running out of IP addresses is not uncommon. And allocating a second set of IP addresses is a common solution. There are several aspects to consider as you try to get this to work. Probably the most important consideration is how the hosts are connected. You have not told us much except that there are netgear switches.

To have two distinct and separated subnets as you suggest would generally require two vlans. Do the netgear switches support vlan configuration? Is it possible to assign Servers and Printers to one vlan and assign PCs to a different vlan? If so then the two separate subnets that you suggest should probably work.

If the netgear switches do not support vlan configuration then there is another potential solution that you might consider. Instead of getting more IP addresses by using a second subnet perhaps you could just make the existing subnet bigger. You could possible configure your network as 192.168.50.0 255.255.254.0 which would double the number of IP addresses without requiring vlans or inter vlan routing.

HTH

Rick