Subnetting

IP Address: 172.16.0.0

Default Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0

Host bits are 16 and after borrowing 2 bits, 14 are left.

2^2 is 4 i.e., 4 subnets will be made.

2^14 is 16384 so total Host IDs including Network ID and Broadcast ID are 16384.

The following table shows the 4 subnets and their parameters:

Network ID Host Range Broadcast ID

172.16.0.0 172.16.0.1 - 172.16.63.254 172.16.63.255

172.16.64.0 172.16.64.1 - 172.16.127.254 172.16.127.255

172.16.128.0 172.16.128.1 - 172.16.191.254 172.16.191.255

172.16.192.0 172.16.192.1 - 172.16.255.254 172.16.255.255