We have the oportunity to redesign our IP addressing scheme due to a corporate MPLS project.
In the past we had no IP restrictions and currently use one LARGE subnet for our office and management PC’s and servers, with a few smaller subnets for the smaller manufacturing and remote sites.
My question is this. Can I use subnets to manage groups of computers based on physical location, rather than resource use? In other words, even though most of our office PC’s/printers, are accessing servers in the data center (and this would be the busiest segment), can I subnet by building and floor (physical location) without an impact on performance? Should I keep the servers in the same subnet with the PC’s that access them?
We will be ‘given’ a range of addresses, and I need to determine what we need to ask for (so we can compromise…)
My Admin would like to keep the layout as simple as possible, but he does like the idea of being able to associate a specific IP subnet to a specific location.
Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!
