confusion in subnetting ?

[FasiFreak]

Well i want to subnet my LAN ip scheme into 2 segments

1 subnet will contain all my servers while the other segment will contain
user computers my servers segment contains game servers , webserver,
streaming server , Internet server , email server & a database server ..
i have 250 client computers.

now i want to ask how to do subnetting ? & what will be the settings if i
have a ip scheme of 10.0.0 ? what will be the subnet mask & will this all
improve performance ?


thanks a LOT

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

I am not sure why you want to do that. You may want to add a router.

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[FasiFreak]

Well i want to limit broadcast on my networks ..

 

[Guest]

If you dont want a router your going to have to setup a switch with vlans and trunk them on the port connecting to your server vlan.

 

[Dusty Harper {MS}]

With a 10.0.0.0 range, you can pretty much subnet it however you want.

255.128.0.0 this will allow for 2 networks with
8,388,606 hosts per network (10.0.X.X, 10.128.X.X )

255.255.255.0 this will allow for 65536 networks with 254
hosts per network ( 10.0.0.X, 10.0.1.X, etc. )

and anything in between will meet your needs.

If you want to limit broadcasts, you will need a means to route between the
two subnets.

Normally if you use a switch at 100 Mbps, you will not notice the network
traffic due to broadcasts. The noticeable gain in performance will most
likely be minimal. You are also adding a new point of failure to your
network ( the routing mechanism ).