Edimax Technology BR-6428n - Manual (Page 81)

Suggestions on IP address numbering plan:
If you have no idea on how to define an IP address plan for your network, here are some
suggestions.
1. A valid IP address has 4 fields: a.b.c.d, for most of home and company users, it’s
suggested to use 192.168.c.d, where c is an integer between 0 and 254, and d is an integer
between 1 and 254. This router is capable to work with up to 253 clients, so you can set ‘d’
field of IP address of router as 1 or 254 (or any number between 1 and 254), and pick a
number between 0 and 254 for field ‘c’.
2. In most cases, you should use ‘255.255.255.0’ as subnet mask, which allows up to 253
clients (this also meets router’s capability of working with up to 253 clients).
3. For all servers and network devices which will provide services to other people (like
Internet service, print service, and file service), they should use static IP address. Give
each of them a unique number between 1 and 253, and maintain a list, so everyone can
locate those servers easily.
4. For computers which are not dedicated to provide specific service to others, they should
use dynamic IP address.