IP Address Doubt

[sparkus]

Hello Friends,

Here is my doubt...

I have a server which is connected to one switch from this it is connected to two other switches on two sides of the building (left and right). Now, From left side switch, it is going to get connected to 10 Wifi Routers and 2 Access Points, Likewise on the right side.


Now, how can we give Ip address for all the devices? Each Wifi will connect upto 50 users.


According to this description, there are 3 switches, 10 Wifi Routers and 2 Access Points...


Thanks in advance!!!

 

[RL600]

What is the goal? Do u want all of this people to connect to your server. Then I would absolutely go with link aggregation or optical connections.
U say likewise on the other side. So are there also 10 wifi routers and 2 access points on the right side?

What u would need is something called subnetting. Search for it. If u have questions on this topic u can always ask then over here.

I think your equipment is to light for the job. U have 10 wifi routers on both sides (at makes 20) and 2 AP on each side that makes 4. So u have 24 wifi enabled products. Who has to guide (24*50) 1200 people. And u want to do that on 1 server and only 3 switches. That would absolutely make trouble.

Buy more servers and do something like load balancing. How did u connect the switches. Please don't tell me u just did it with an ordinary network cable. That wouldn't be enough.

Hope it helps. I hope I wasn't rude in this reply I just wanted to point out that u need more gear to get it all up and running.

RL600

 

[bill001g]

If these are commercial routers and AP I would run a routing protocol like OSPF and put helpers in the routers and let the server give out all the IP to all the users. You of course would use different subnets for each building and possibly break it further to the routers if you like. You do not want to run any nat.

If these are consumer routers you are going to have a big mess either way. The best option is to run it all as a single subnet run all the routers as AP and let your server hand out IP to everyone. You only other option is going to be to let each router hand out its own subnets and NAT but now you have the portforwarding issue and the uses will not be able to communicate with each other and you will have issues if the server must initiate a session with users machines

 

[sparkus]

What is the goal? Do u want all of this people to connect to your server. Then I would absolutely go with link aggregation or optical connections.
U say likewise on the other side. So are there also 10 wifi routers and 2 access points on the right side?

What u would need is something called subnetting. Search for it. If u have questions on this topic u can always ask then over here.

I think your equipment is to light for the job. U have 10 wifi routers on both sides (at makes 20) and 2 AP on each side that makes 4. So u have 24 wifi enabled products. Who has to guide (24*50) 1200 people. And u want to do that on 1 server and only 3 switches. That would absolutely make trouble.

Buy more servers and do something like load balancing. How did u connect the switches. Please don't tell me u just did it with an ordinary network cable. That wouldn't be enough.

Hope it helps. I hope I wasn't rude in this reply I just wanted to point out that u need more gear to get it all up and running.

RL600

Thank you RL600. But, I am planning to make the network as simple as possible, so im bit confused....

 

[sparkus]

If these are commercial routers and AP I would run a routing protocol like OSPF and put helpers in the routers and let the server give out all the IP to all the users. You of course would use different subnets for each building and possibly break it further to the routers if you like. You do not want to run any nat.

If these are consumer routers you are going to have a big mess either way. The best option is to run it all as a single subnet run all the routers as AP and let your server hand out IP to everyone. You only other option is going to be to let each router hand out its own subnets and NAT but now you have the portforwarding issue and the uses will not be able to communicate with each other and you will have issues if the server must initiate a session with users machines

Thank you Bill001g. I am not using a commercial router, Im using a db router which we use for domestic purpose. In every room only 2 user will connect through this router and 120 users will access through access point.. Everyone is going to use intranet content only. So, have u got any idea about this?

 

[HyNrgy]

What is the goal? Do u want all of this people to connect to your server. Then I would absolutely go with link aggregation or optical connections.
U say likewise on the other side. So are there also 10 wifi routers and 2 access points on the right side?

What u would need is something called subnetting. Search for it. If u have questions on this topic u can always ask then over here.

I think your equipment is to light for the job. U have 10 wifi routers on both sides (at makes 20) and 2 AP on each side that makes 4. So u have 24 wifi enabled products. Who has to guide (24*50) 1200 people. And u want to do that on 1 server and only 3 switches. That would absolutely make trouble.

Buy more servers and do something like load balancing. How did u connect the switches. Please don't tell me u just did it with an ordinary network cable. That wouldn't be enough.

Hope it helps. I hope I wasn't rude in this reply I just wanted to point out that u need more gear to get it all up and running.

RL600

Thank you RL600. But, I am planning to make the network as simple as possible, so im bit confused....

I hate to say it and, if i sound rude forgive me. RL600 is trying to give a simple solution as well as sparkus.

The setup may sound confusing but the maintenance down the road will not be a nightmare. Without knowing the hardware and cabling used it is hard to say what needs to be done. You will have (if 1200 is correct) say, 300 people access at once. Depending on server that could halt it or crash it (I believe).

Yes, setting up subnet can be daunting if not sure how but later if a system is having an issue or several at a moment are, and you set up subnets you can identify the place the issue is coming from or the if just one computer is causing an issue with the network you can tell where that computer is located. If all are just coming from one huge pool then you have no idea where to start looking for issues.

Now I have seen some setups close to yours with consumer equipment but maintenance was high and a lot of settings had to be tweeked.

I hope this helps you help the guys with more knowledge.