I recently revamped my home network, and as part of the process decided it was time I created an IP scheme and stuck to it. I’m sure everyone has been guilty of it at some point. “It’s just a home network, there will only be a few devices, what does it matter… that ones available.” Fast forward a decade, and multiple leaps and bounds in available technology, and suddenly you have an absolute mess on your hands. “What IP did I assign to that thing again?” Next thing you know, there are 40+ devices with IPs (at least in my case). After thinking it through, this is the scheme I came up with, maybe it will help someone else out. It leaves plenty of room for future expansion within this particular scope, and I could always add another subnet if necessary, but don’t see myself ever needing that on a home network.
Network: 192.168.0.1/24
Network Devices:
IP Address | Device |
192.168.0.1 | Router |
192.168.0.2 | Wireless AP1 |
192.168.0.3 | Wireless AP2 |
192.168.0.4 | Wireless AP3 |
192.168.0.5-192.168.0.20 | Reserved For Future Use |
Printers:
IP Address | Device |
192.168.0.21 | Printer 1 |
192.168.0.22-192.168.0.30 | Reserved For Future Use |
Home Automation Devices:
IP Address | Device |
192.168.0.31 | WeMo Plug |
192.168.0.32 | Alarm Panel |
192.168.0.33-192.168.0.80 | Reserved For Future Use |
DHCP Reservation Range (Computers):
IP Address | Device |
192.168.0.81 | Desktop 1 |
192.168.0.82 | Desktop 2 |
192.168.0.83 | My Laptop |
192.168.0.84 | Wife’s Laptop |
192.168.0.85-192.168.0.100 | Reserved For Future Use |
DHCP Reservation Range (Smart Devices):
IP Address | Device |
192.168.0.101 | TiVO1 |
192.168.0.102 | TiVO2 |
192.168.0.103 | TiVO3 |
192.168.0.104 | SmartTV |
192.168.0.105-192.168.0.130 | Reserved For Future Use |
DHCP Range:
IP Address | Device |
192.168.0.131-192.168.0.199 | Various |
Temporary/LAB Range:
IP Address | Device |
192.168.0.200-192.168.0.229 | Reserved For Home Lab/Temporary Devices |
Server Static Range:
IP Address | Device |
192.168.0.230-192.168.0.243 | Reserved For Future Use |
192.168.0.244 | Ansible |
192.168.0.245 | Deluge |
192.168.0.246 | Hypervisor2 |
192.168.0.247 | IPAM |
192.168.0.248 | MDT/WSUS |
192.168.0.249 | DC2 |
192.168.0.250 | DC1 |
192.168.0.251 | Unifi Controller |
192.168.0.252 | Centreon Monitoring |
192.168.0.253 | Plex |
192.168.0.254 | Hypervisor1 |
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