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CCNA Subnetting: Identifying Subnets Is Easier Than You Think
CCNA Subnetting: Identifying Subnets Is Easier Than You Think
Identifying Subnets
Is
Easier than You Think
Joe Lindo
Western Governors University Student
jlindo@my.wgu.edu
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Multiplied by
Equals
40
80
120
160
200
240
280
The significant octet for the IP address in the example, 192.168.15.230, falls
between subnet numbers 200 and 240. To further narrow the search, multiply
4 times 55 to get 220 then start adding 4 to 220 until the subnet is found. In
this case the subnet number for 192.168.15.230 is 192.168.15.228.
From the table below you can see that the total number of long-hand
calculations is drastically reduced. If you can do it in your head, follow the
bottom chart.
Plus
200
204
208
212
216
220
224
228
232
208
212
216
220
224
228
232
236
Equals 204
50
Multiplied by
Equals
200
7
Plus
28
This Subnet
Equals
Next Subnet
Plus 4 Equals
228
232
168
176
184
192
200
208
216
Plus
Equals
168
176
184
192
200
208
216
224
20
Multiplied by
Equals
160
6
Plus
48
This Subnet
Equals
Next Subnet
Plus 8 Equals
208
216
For the last example, calculate the subnet number for IP address
192.168.100.100/29.
Without paper and pencil, 10 X 8 = 80 and 20 X 8 = 160. We now know
that the subnet number for 100 falls between subnets 80 and 160.
Resorting to long-hand arithmetic, we find that the subnet number for IP
address 192.168.100.100/29 is 192.168.100.96/29 (255.255.255.248)
80
88
96
104
Plus
Equals
88
96
104
112
10
Multiplied by
Equals
80
2
Plus
16
This Subnet
Equals
Next Subnet
Plus 8 Equals
96
104
You can see from the following table that 64 plus 32 equals 96. 128 on its
own is too big, and the addition of 64, 32 and any other of the available
weights for the mask value of 248 produces subnet numbers too large to
include 192.168.100.100/29. 100 is bigger than 96 and 96 + 8 = 104, which
is the next subnet number. In order to save time, you should be able to
identify the major (easier) subnet values without resorting to any
calculations. For example, a mask weight of /26 has only four subnets, 0,
64, 128 and 192.
Mask Weight
128
192
224
240
248
252
254
255
Mask Bits
Bit Weight
128
64
32
16