best practicesrouterswitch
Pretty simple question.
What is the industry best practice? In a small business which has computers which require static IP addresses is it better to set static IP addresses for devices on the devices themselves, or in the router/managed switch? All non-static IP requiring devices can use DHCP.
Thanks.
From your topology, visitor's vlan is 40. I cannot see which DHCP server is serving that scope - is it the access point ?
If you have multiple VLANs and hence need multiple DHCP scopes:
1) I would connect have 1 single DHCP server connected to the router 2) make the uplink port from switch to router as TRUNK 3) then configure DHCP RELAY for all the different VLANs 4) the DHCP server would serve all the scopes
I finally ended up figuring this out through trial and error. Below are the correct VLAN port configuration settings for anybody who may come to this thread looking for an answer.
With this configuration connections on ports 3-6 are tagged with VLAN ID 1001 and automatically get a 192.168.0.X IP address from the RV320. Connections to ports 7-24 are tagged with VLAN ID 1002 and automatically get a 192.168.1.X IP address from the RV320. Connections on Port 1 are tagged with VLAN ID 1 and automatically get a 192.168.100.X IP address from the RV320.
Best Answer
This is what I think you're trying to ask: When I have a DHCP network but want a handful of hosts to have static IPs, is it best to reserve the IPs on my DHCP server or set static IPs on the hosts themselves? If that's your question, edit it and I'll take out this paragraph.
The only benefit I see of configuring static IPs on select hosts themselves is that the address is permanently set and not relying on the interface's MAC to reacquire the "reserved" IP. However, reserving the address already handed out by DHCP is quick and easy and doesn't require any access to the host. For instance, if I put a wireless print server on my WLAN and want it to maintain a specific address but don't care what, I can reserve the address it is assigned without ever touching the print server.
As an aside, you mention this is a small business. For an office of five or 10 people I would personally set static IPs as a best practice. No DHCP server needed, nothing ever changes, and perhaps it adds just a tiny extra bit of security in that one can't just plug a device into the network and have instant access.