I have been reading a lot to refresh my memory of ip design set up. It's been years I have to go back to this because I have only had to support a small network and am very similar with setting up class C with /24 subnet. I now need to devise a new network that will yield at least 300-400 IP addresses. With network technology like wireless devices ( handheld, tablets, wireless printer) I want to come up with a secure network and at the same time there is less of broadcasting / traffic in the pipe. I know the group I am setting up for expects in terms of network speed so I want to rule out factors like network broadcasting has something to do with tiding down the network. Since I want to give room for growth I would like to end up with at least 500 addresses. So the ip range I am thinking of is 192.168.56.1 to 192.168.57.254 (Class B /23 subnet mask). I like to know down to the details as to how these two subnets will talk to each other because that is the part I am unsure of where to configure on the firewall or switches. The type of switches will be managed.
This is the breakdown I like to see:
192.168.56.1 - 192.168.56.254 40 static ip for network devices, printers, NAS and LAN connections
192.168.57.1 - 192.168.57.254 Wifi network
Any of your feedback will be greatly appreciated.