Network Design – IP Addressing – Nicolas Sturmel — Merging Technologies

Media over IP has been around for almost 20 years now, and during this time a number of habits have settled within the community in setting IP networks, focusing on fast setup and Plug’n’Play instead of taking the opportunity of good network design for better serviceability, stability, and security. This talk goes over the basics of IP and Layer 3 networking such as multicast and then presents the pros and cons of IP addressing techniques such as zeroconf, DHCP, and static addressing. The speaker will share personal experiences of failures that could have been avoided by a careful network design.