IP Addressing and Subnetting

1. Write the default subnet Masks for the following IP addresses:

a. 139.65.225.4
b. 201.35.20.18
c. 190.47.115.6
d. 192.11.39.2
e. 10.7.80.0
2. What do we mean by Loopback address.? Write down a Loopback address and its use.
3. What is use of 0.0.0.0 address?
4. Why the first and last address of each network is is not used as a host address?
5. What is the difference between a broadcast address and Network address? Why the all zeros
and all ones addresses are usually not assigned as host IP addresses?
6. Write down the ranges of Private IP v4 addresses in each class.
7. Find (Extract) the network address from the following IP addresses:
a. 139.65.225.4
b. 201.35.20.18
c. 190.47.115.6
d. 192.11.39.2
e. 10.7.80.0

8. Find the network address , broadcast address, first address and last address of the networks to
which the following IP addresses belong (No subnetting)
a. 139.65.225.4
b. 201.35.20.18
c. 190.47.115.6
d. 192.11.39.2
e. 10.7.80.0
9. Find the broadcast address, first address and last address of the networks to which the
addresses
belong .
a 139.65.225.4/19
b 201.35.20.18/26
c 190.47.115.6/18
d 192.11.39.2/27
e 10.7.80.0 /10
10. Find the broadcast address, first address and last address of the networks to which the
addresses belong .
a 139.65.225.4 with subnet mask 255.255.224.0
b 201.35.20.18/26 with subnet mask 255.255.255.192
c 190.47.115.6/18 with subnet mask 255.255.192.0
d 192.11.39.2/27 with subnet mask 255.255.255.224.0
e 10.7.80.0 /19 with subnet mask 255.255.224.0

11. Identify how many bits are used for subnetting in the following IP address using its subnet mask:
a. IP Address: 139.65.225.4 Subnet Mask: 255.255.224.0
b. IP Address: 139.65.225.4 Subnet Mask: 255.255.248.0
c. IP Address: 201.35.20.18 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.128
d. IP Address: 201.35.20.18 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.240
e. IP Address: 190.47.115.6 Subnet Mask: 255.255.128.0
f. IP Address: 190.47.115.6 Subnet Mask: 255.255.252.0
g. IP Address: 192.11.39.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.192

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 h. IP Address: 192.11.39.2 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.224
i. IP Address: 10.7.80.0 Subnet Mask: 255.240.0.0
j. IP Address: 10.7.80.0 Subnet Mask: 255.255.128.0

12. S pecify a suitable Subnet Mask for the following cases: (You have to decided how many bits
should be taken as subnet ID from the host ID portion to satisfy the required number of subnets).
A Class A Network with 10 subnets
B Class B Network with 120 subnets
C Class B Network with 13 subnets
D Class C Network with 20 subnets
E Class C Network with 5 subnets

13. Suppose you have a class B Network 172.121.225.0. Your task is to design a subnet scheme so
that we can create 130 Network segments (subnets) within this Network.
a. How many bits would you use for the subnet ID?
b. How many bits would you use for the Host ID?
c. How many maximum possible subnets will be there?
d. How many maximum possible hosts will be there in each subnet?
e. Write down the Subnet Mask of your scheme.
f. Write down the first valid IP address, last valid IP address and the broadcast address
of the Third subnet of your scheme.

14. Suppose you have a class C Network 206.94.115.0. Your task is to design a subnet scheme so
that we can create 14 Network segments (subnets) within this Network. Each subnet should
support 10-12 hosts.
a. How many bits would you use for the subnet ID?
b. How many bits would you use for the Host ID?
c. How many maximum possible subnets will be there?
d. How many maximum possible hosts will be there in each subnet?
e. Write down the Subnet Mask of your scheme.
f. Write down All the valid IP addresses, the broadcast address of the Fourth subnet of
your scheme.

15. Given an IP address of 165.49.204.35 and knowing the client needs 57 subnets.
A: The default subnet mask is …………………..
B: The network address is ---------------------------
C: The required subnet mask is ………………….
D: The maximum number of subnets that are available with this subnet mask is.
E: List all available subnets:
F: The subnet that this IP address falls on is
G: The host address is
H: The range of host IP addresses that occur on this subnet is.
I: The maximum number of hosts that can occur on this subnet is.
J: The class of this IP address is

16. Given two hosts on a network with IP addresses of 125.47.9.73 and 125.49.9.74. Are
these two on the same subnet? You are using a subnet mask of 255.240.0.0. Prove
your position by answering the following for each address.
A: The default subnet mask is
B: The network address is:
C: The required subnet mask is
D: The maximum number of subnets that are available with this subnet mask is

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 E: List all available subnets.
F: The subnet that this IP address falls on is
G: The host address is
H: The range of host IP addresses that occur on this subnet is
I: The maximum number of hosts that can occur on this subnet is
J: The class of this IP address is.
17. What is the maximum number of IP addresses that can be assigned to hosts on a
local subnet that uses the 255.255.255.224 subnet mask?
(a)14 (b) 15

(c)16 (d) 30

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