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Subnetting (Part 3)

Subnetting (Part 3 - VLSM)

Class B Reference Table

Prefix Subnets Hosts
/17 2 32766
/18 4 16382
/19 8 8190
/20 16 4094
/21 32 2046
/22 64 1022
/23 128 510
/24 256 254

Class C Reference Table

Prefix Subnets Hosts
/25 2 126
/26 4 62
/27 8 30
/28 16 14
/29 32 6
/30 64 2
/31 (0)
/32 (02)

Quiz Question 1

You have been given the network 172.30.0.0/16. Your company requires
100 subnets with at least 500 hosts per subnet.

Answer:

  • Prefix: /23
  • Network: 172.30.0.0/23
  • Subnet mask: 255.255.254.0

Quiz Question 2

What subnet does host 172.21.111.201/20 belong to?


10101100.00010101.01101111.11001001  (IP)
10101100.00010101.01100000.00000000  (Network)

Answer: 172.21.96.0/20


Quiz Question 3

What is the broadcast address of the network 192.168.91.78/26?


11000000.10101000.10110011.01001110  (IP)
11000000.10101000.10110011.01111111  (Broadcast)

Answer: 192.168.91.127


Quiz Question 4

You divide the 172.16.0.0/16 network into 4 equal subnets.
Identify the network and broadcast addresses.

Subnet 1

  • Network: 172.16.0.0/18
  • Broadcast: 172.16.63.255

Subnet 2

  • Network: 172.16.64.0/18
  • Broadcast: 172.16.127.255

Subnet 3

  • Network: 172.16.128.0/18
  • Broadcast: 172.16.191.255

Subnet 4

  • Network: 172.16.192.0/18
  • Broadcast: 172.16.255.255

Quiz Question 5

You divide the 172.30.0.0/16 network into subnets of 1000 hosts each.

Answer: 64 subnets


Subnetting Class A Networks

The process of subnetting Class A, B, and C networks is exactly the same.


Example 1

You are given the network 10.0.0.0/8.
You must create 2000 subnets.

Solution

Answer:

  • Prefix: /19
  • Usable hosts: 8192 - 2 = 8190

Example 2

PC1 has IP address 10.217.182.223/11

Subnet Details

  • Network: 10.192.0.0/11
  • Broadcast: 10.223.255.255
  • First usable: 10.192.0.1
  • Last usable: 10.223.255.254
  • Usable hosts: 2,097,150

VLSM (Variable-Length Subnet Masks)

  • Previously, we used FLSM (Fixed-Length Subnet Masks)
  • All subnets had the same prefix length
  • VLSM allows different subnet sizes for better efficiency
  • More flexible, slightly more complex

Example (VLSM Design)

Tokyo Lan A  = 110 Hosts  ---  Tokyo Lan B  = 8 Hosts
                           |
                         Router
                           |
                         Router
                           |
Toronto Lan A  = 29 Hosts --- Toronto Lan B  = 45 Hosts

We must divide 192.168.1.0/24 into 5 subnets:

  • Tokyo LAN A → 110 hosts
  • Tokyo LAN B → 8 hosts
  • Toronto LAN A → 29 hosts
  • Toronto LAN B → 45 hosts
  • Point-to-point link

Steps

  1. Assign largest subnet first
  2. Continue in descending order
  3. Repeat until done

Allocation Order

Tokyo A → Toronto B → Toronto A → Tokyo B → Point-to-point


Tokyo LAN A

  • Network: 192.168.1.0/25
  • Broadcast: 192.168.1.127
  • Usable: 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.126
  • Hosts: 126

Toronto LAN B

  • Network: 192.168.1.128/26
  • Broadcast: 192.168.1.191
  • Usable: 192.168.1.129 192.168.1.190
  • Hosts: 62

Toronto LAN A

  • Network: 192.168.1.192/27
  • Broadcast: 192.168.1.223
  • Usable: 192.168.1.193 192.168.1.222
  • Hosts: 30

Tokyo LAN B

  • Network: 192.168.1.224/28
  • Broadcast: 192.168.1.239
  • Usable: 192.168.1.225 192.168.1.238
  • Hosts: 14

Point-to-Point

  • Network: 192.168.1.240/30
  • Broadcast: 192.168.1.243
  • Usable: 192.168.1.241 192.168.1.242
  • Hosts: 2

Additional Practice