This is a VERY BAD IDEA.  They don't understand what they're doing.

  They obviously intend to use a private range of IP addresses.
Unfortunately, the story that all 192.x.x.x addresses are private is an old
wives' tale; the actual private ranges are spelled out in RFC 1918.
Specifically, the 192.36.x.x range is PUBLIC, and not theirs to allocate if
they ever intend to connect their company network to the Internet.
  Whether devices at these addresses see each other as local, or require a
router, will depend on the subnet mask selected -- without that information,
the question cannot be answered.

  If the company is big enough to have *departments* and assign them
different addresses, they're big enough to hire a knowledgable network admin
to set that up for them.  I recommend that they require at least CCNA
certification for this position, although Network+ might be sufficient.

  (Win2K server versions include DHCP server capability, and it can be a
great time-saver even if addresses are assigned statically.  Their intention
to set manual addresses *instead of* using DHCP sounds, to me, like seizing
on a solution instead of (or before) defining the *problem*.)

David Gillett


On 24 Oct 2005 at 22:01, Frederick Navarro wrote:

> Hello there. My friend is asking if its possible to set the following up.
> They're planning to use 3 sets of ip addresses in their company by
> department. 192.36.252.xxx, 192.36.253.xxx, 192.36.254.xxx. His question is,
> could those computers see each other using a Win2k Advanced server OS? They
> will set up manual ip addresses instead of using DHCP. Any suggestions on
> what to do? Thank you.
>   Frederick Navarro

         PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download
                     visit our download web page at:
                  http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml