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Cutting Down The Time Spent On Subnetting Questions: Figuring Out The Number Networks Increment by
Cutting Down The Time Spent On Subnetting Questions: Figuring Out The Number Networks Increment by
What if they give you a slash notation instead of the whole subnet mask.
Take
191.12.180.12 /28
To figure out the subnet mask we need to figure out what a /28 is
Take
/28 were borrowing 4 bits
X.X.X.11110000
128+64+32+16=240 (subnet mask)
Take 12 and divide by 16= .75 all you care about is the whole number here.
Drop the .75 and multiply 16 (increments) X 0 (your whole number) = 0
0 is your network number. 191.12.180.0.
Take
172.21.98.116 /23
To figure out the subnet mask we need to figure out what a /23 is
Take
/23 were borrowing 7 bits
X.X.11111110.0
Figuring out how many subnets and hosts per subnet can you get from a network.
Take
192.168.95.0/27 for example
We know a 192.X.X.X address is a class C address. Or in this case 24 bits. (classful).
Class A 0-126, or 8 bits example 124.X.X.X
Class B 128-191, or 16 bits example 128.X.X.X
Class C 192-223, or 24 bits example 192.X.X.X
To figure subnets
So take the slash notation were given of /27 minus it from the number of bits in our classful IP addresss 24=3
(remaining bits) this gives us 2^3=8 (Number of subnets).
To figure subnets
So take the slash notation were given of /28 minus it from the number of bits in our classful IP addresss 16=12
(remaining bits) this gives us 2^12=4096 (Number of subnets).
4 (2nd time)
8 (3rd time)
th
16 (4 time)
32 (5th time)
64 (6th time)
128 (7th time)
256 (8th time)
512 (9th time)
1024 (10th time)
So we took the number 2 and doubled it 10 times for the number 1024.
Take 2^6 for example
2 (1st time)
4 (2nd time)
8 (3rd time)
th
16 (4 time)
32 (5th time)
64 (6th time)
2^6=64
So we took the 2 and doubled 6 times for the number 64
The main key to subnetting is practice, practice, practice. A great web site to practice is
http://www.subnettingquestions.com.