# Planning Network Addressing

Your NP Net network will be much easier to maintain and expand if you carefully plan network addressing in advance. You must consider any existing switch extension numbering and NuPoint Voice dialing plans, and then create dialing plans on all nodes that allow easy access to all other nodes.

Use the Planning Network Addressing Worksheet to gather the information that you need to create a network addressing scheme that meets your needs. Study the sample worksheet and descriptions below, and then copy the blank worksheet and fill in the information for your network. Be sure to include an entry for your local node.

## Worksheet Definitions

Node Number: The number of the node for this entry. Each NP Net node on the network must be represented by a unique number. You can use numbers from 1 to 8191, but the maximum number of nodes is 1500.

Node Name: The name or location of the node.

Mailboxes Start With: Circle the numbers that are used at the node as the first digit in user mailboxes. For example, if mailboxes at a node are in the 3000 and 4000 range, circle 3 and 4.

Length of Mailbox Numbers: For each number that you circled, write in the number of digits in mailboxes that start with that number. If mailboxes have variable lengths, write V.

Parent topic: Configuring Network Addressing