IP pools are used to define range of IP addresses that is used for DHCP server and Point-to-Point servers
Specifications
Packages required: system
License required: Level1
Submenu level: /ip pool
Standards and Technologies: none
Hardware usage: Not significant
Description
IP pools simply group IP addresses for further usage. It is a single configuration point for all features that assign IP addresses to clients.
Note: Whenever possible, the same ip address is given out to each client (OWNER/INFO pair).
Setup
Sub-menu:/ip pool
Property Description
name (name) - the name of the pool
next-pool (name) - when address is acquired from pool that has no free addresses, and next-pool property is set to another pool, then next IP address will be acquired from next-pool
ranges (IP address) - IP address list of non-overlapping IP address ranges in form of: from1-to1,from2-to2,...,fromN-toN. For example, 10.0.0.1-10.0.0.27,10.0.0.32-10.0.0.47
Example
To define a pool named ip-pool with the 10.0.0.1-10.0.0.125 address range excluding gateway's address 10.0.0.1 and server's address 10.0.0.100, and the other pool dhcp-pool, with the 10.0.0.200-10.0.0.250 address range:
[admin@MikroTik] ip pool> add name=ip-pool ranges=10.0.0.2-10.0.0.99,10.0.0.101
10.0.0.126
[admin@MikroTik] ip pool> add name=dhcp-pool ranges=10.0.0.200-10.0.0.250
[admin@MikroTik] ip pool> print
# NAME RANGES
0 ip-pool 10.0.0.2-10.0.0.99
10.0.0.101-10.0.0.126
1 dhcp-pool 10.0.0.200-10.0.0.250
[admin@MikroTik] ip pool>
Used Addresses from Pool
Submenu level: /ip pool used
Description
Here you can see all used IP addresses from IP pools.
Property Description
address (read-only: IP address) - IP address that is assigned to client form the pool
info (read-only: name) - For DHCP MAC address from leases menu and for PPP connections username of PPP type client
owner (read-only: MAC address) - Service which is using this IP address
pool (read-only: name) - name of the IP pool
Example
See used addresses from pool:
[admin@MikroTik] ip pool used> print
POOL ADDRESS OWNER INFO
local 192.168.0.100 00:0C:42:03:1F:60 test
local 192.168.0.99 00:0C:42:03:21:0F test
