no of host depleting

[mahimakundu1]

I have recently joined a company and the complete network in in 192.168.0.0/22, Most of the ip addresses are statically assigned to hosts.
so now they are running out of ip address.

The dhcp range is 192.168.0.15-192.168.0.140 and next ip addresses are assigned to servers so they cannot expand the dhcp range. As a resolution want to move the network to 10.0.0.0 network.

What would be the best approach to increase no of hosts on network. should we change the subnet mask to /20 or move the network to 10.0.0.0 network.

And if I change the subnet to /20 what should be done about the fixed ip address servers and build machines for dhcp range

[johnd2310]

Hi,

You question is not clear. Please clarify a few points. Is you network a flat network using 192.168.0.0/22? A flat network using 192.168.0.0/22 should give you 1022 addresses. Your  DHCP scope should be a lot bigger than the one you have given which looks like a /24.

The best approach i to divide your network into smaller subnets and route between subnets. To extend your network without changing the existing config you can create  another subnet  192.168.4.0/24 and route between subnets.

Thanks

John