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Subnetting Practice Examples: Class C Addresses with

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Practice example 1:
Network address: 192.168.10.0
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.224
1. How many subnets?
Ans: 6
2. How many hosts?
Ans: 30
3. What are the valid subnets?
Ans: 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192
4. Fill in the table below.

Subnet 1 Subnet 2 Subnet 3 Subnet 4 Subnet 5 Subnet 6 Meaning

32 64 96 128 160 192 The subnet
address
33 65 97 129 161 193 The first valid host

62 94 126 158 190 222 Our last valid host

63 95 127 159 191 223 The broadcast
address

Practice example 2:
Network address: 192.168.10.0
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.240
1. How many subnets?
Ans: 14
2. How many hosts?
Ans: 14
3. What are the valid subnets?
Ans: 16, 32, 48, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 144, 160, 176, 192, 208, 224
4. Fill in the table below.

Subnet 16 32 48 64 80 96 112 128 144 160 176 192 208 224

First Host 17 33 49 65 81 97 113 129 145 161 177 193 209 225
Last Host 30 46 62 78 94 110 126 142 158 174 190 206 222 238
Broadcast 31 47 63 79 95 111 127 143 159 175 191 207 223 239

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Practice example 3:
Network address: 192.168.10.0
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.248
1. How many subnets?
Ans: 30
2. How many hosts?
Ans: 6
3. What are the valid subnets?
Ans: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80, 88, 96, 104, 112, 120, 128, 136, 144, 152, 160,
168, 176, 184, 192, 200, 208, 216, 224, 232, 240
4. Fill in the table below (only the first three and last three subnets).

Subnet 8 16 24 224 232 240

First Host 9 17 25 225 233 241
Last Host 14 22 30 230 238 246
Broadcast 15 23 31 231 239 247

Practice example 4:
Network address: 192.168.10.0
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.252
1. How many subnets?
Ans: 62
2. How many hosts?
Ans: 2
3. What are the valid subnets?
Ans: 4, 8, 12 etc., all the way to 248
4. Fill in the table below (only the first three and last three subnets).

Subnet 4 8 12 240 244 248

First Host 5 9 13 241 245 249
Last Host 6 10 14 242 246 250
Broadcast 7 11 15 243 247 251

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Further Subnetting Practice with Answers

Write the subnet, broadcast address and valid host range for the
following:
1. 172.16.10.5 255.255.255.128
Ans: Subnet is 172.16.10.0, broadcast is 172.16.10.127 and valid host range is
172.16.10.1 to 126. You need to ask yourself, Is the subnet bit in the fourth octet on
or off? If the host address has a value of less than 128 in the fourth octet, then the
subnet bit must be off. If the value of the fourth octet is higher than 128, then the
subnet bit must be on. In this case, the host address is 10.5 and the bit in the fourth
octet must be off. The subnet must be 172.16.10.0.
2. 172.16.10.33 255.255.255.224
Ans: Subnet is 172.16.10.32, broadcast is 172.16.10.63 and valid host range is
172.16.10.33 to 10.62. 256-224=32. 32+32=64. The subnet is 10.32 and the next
subnet is 10.64, so the broadcast address must be 10.63.
3. 172.16.10.65 255.255.255.192
Ans: Subnet is 172.16.10.64, broadcast is 172.16.10.127 and valid host range is
172.16.10.65 to 172.16.10.126. 256-192=64. 64+64=128, so the network address must
be 172.16.10.64, with a broadcast of 172.16.10.127.
4. 172.16.10.17 255.255.255.252
Ans: Network is 172.16.10.16, broadcast is 172.16.10.19 and valid host range is
172.16.10.17 to 18. 256-252=4. 4+4=8, plus 4=12, plus 4=16, plus 4=20. So the subnet
is 172.16.10.16 and the broadcast must be 10.19.
5. 172.16.10.33 255.255.255.240
Ans: Network is 172.16.10.32, broadcast is 172.16.10.47 and valid host range is
172.16.10.33 to 46. 256-240=16. 16+16=32, plus 16=48. The subnet is 172.16.10.32
and the broadcast is 172.1610.47.
6. 192.168.100.25 255.255.255.252
Ans: Subnet is 192.168.100.24, broadcast is 192.168.100.27 and valid host range is
192.168.100.25 to 26. 256-252=4. 4+4=8, plus 4=12, plus 4=16, plus 4=20, plus 4=24,
plus 4=28. The subnet is 100.24 and the broadcast is 100.27.
7. 192.168.100.17, with 4 bits of subnetting
Ans: Subnet is 192.168.100.16, broadcast is 192.168.100.31 and valid host range is
192.168.100.17 to 30. 256-240=16. 16+16=32. The subnet is, then, 100.16 and the
broadcast is 100.31 because 32 is the next subnet.
8. 192.168.100.66, with 3 bits of subnetting
Ans: Subnet is 192.168.100.64, broadcast is 192.168.100.95 and valid host range is
192.168.100.65 to 94. 256-224=32. 32+32=64, plus 32=96. The subnet is 100.64 and
the broadcast is 100.95.

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9. 192.168.100.17 255.255.255.248
Ans: Subnet is 192.168.100.16, broadcast is 192.168.100.23 and valid host range is
192.168.100.17 to 22. 256-248=8. 8+8=16, plus 8=24. The subnet is 16 and the
broadcast is 23.
10. 10.10.10.5 255.255.255.252
Ans: Subnet is 10.10.10.4, broadcast is 10.10.10.7 and valid host range is 10.10.10.5 to
6. 256-252=4. 4+4=8.

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