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Free Class B Subnetting Tutorial,

How to subnet Class B Network,
Subnetting Study Guides

This lesson is only a part of a series of IPv4 subnetting lessons. Please visit the
below links to learn IPv4 subnetting completely.

• Class C Subnetting Tutorial - Part 1

• Class C Subnetting Tutorial - Part 2
• Class B Subnetting Tutorial - Part 1
• Class B Subnetting Tutorial - Part 2
• Class A Subnetting Tutorial - Part 1
• Class A Subnetting Tutorial - Part 2
• Variable Length Subnet Masking (VLSM)
• Supernetting
In this Class B Subnetting Tutorial - Part 1, you will learn how to subnet a Class B
network.

Class B Subnetting
Remember, the first two octets of a Class B network is used to represent the
network and the last two octets are used to represent the host. The default
format for a Class B IPv4 address is Network.Network.Host.Host.

Let us consider an example of Class B network 172.16.0.0 - 255.255.0.0. The

binary representation of the above network and subnet mask is

Component Binary Decimal

Address Part 10101100.00010000.00000000.00000000 172.16.0.0

SN Mask 11111111.11111111.00000000.00000000 255.255.0.0

Once again,

If all the bits in the host part are "0", that represents the network id.

If all the bits in the host part are "0" except the last bit, it is the first usable IPv4
address.

If all the bits in the host part are "1" except the last bit, it is the last usable IPv4
address.

If all the bits in the host part are "1", that represents the directed broadcast
address.

All the IPv4 addresses between the first and last IPv4 addresses (including the
first and last) can be used to configure the devices.

Class B - One Bit Subnetting

If we include one bit from the host part to the network part, the subnet mask is
changed into 255.255.128.0 The single bit can have two values in third octet,
either 0 or 1.

10101100.00010000.0 | 0000000.00000000
11111111.11111111.1 | 0000000.00000000

That means, we can get two subnets if we do a single bit subnetting.

SN Description Binaries Decimal

No
1 Network 10101100.00010000.00000000.00000000 172.16.0.0
Address

First IPv4 10101100.00010000.00000000.00000001 172.16.0.1

address

Last IPv4 10101100.00010000.01111111.11111110 172.16.127.254

address

Broadcast 10101100.00010000.01111111.11111111 172.16.127.255

Address

2 Network 10101100.00010000.10000000.00000000 172.16.128.0

Address

First IPv4 10101100.00010000.10000000.00000001 172.16.128.1

address
 Last IPv4 10101100.00010000.11111111.11111110 172.16.255.254
address

Broadcast 10101100.00010000.11111111.11111111 172.16.255.255

Address

The network 172.16.0.0 is divided into two networks, each network has 32768
total IPv4 addresses and 32766 usable IPv4 addresses (two IPv4 addresses are
used in each subnet to represent the network address and the directed broadcast
address). The subnet mask for one bit subnetting is 255.255.128.0.

Class B - Two Bit Subnetting

If we include two bits from the host part to the network part, the subnet mask is
changed into 255.255.192.0. The two bits added to network part can have four
possible values in third octet, 00, 01, 10, and 11.

10101100.00010000.00 | 000000.00000000
11111111.11111111.11 | 000000.00000000

That means, we can get four networks if we do a two bit subnetting.

SN Description Binaries Decimal

No
1 Network 10101100.00010000.00000000.00000000 172.16.0.0
Address
First IPv4 10101100.00010000.00000000.00000001 172.16.0.1
address
Last IPv4 10101100.00010000.00111111.11111110 172.16.63.254
address
Broadcast 10101100.00010000.00111111.11111111 172.16.63.255
Address

2 Network 10101100.00010000.01000000.00000000 172.16.64.0

Address

First IPv4 10101100.00010000.01000000.00000001 172.16.64.1

address

Last IPv4 10101100.00010000.01111111.11111110 172.16.127.254

address

Broadcast 10101100.00010000.01111111.11111111 172.16.127.255

Address
3 Network 10101100.00010000.10000000.00000000 172.16.128.0
 Address

First IPv4 10101100.00010000.10000000.00000001 172.16.128.1

address

Last IPv4 10101100.00010000.10111111.11111110 172.16.191.254

address

Broadcast 10101100.00010000.10111111.11111111 172.16.191.255

Address

4 Network 10101100.00010000.11000000.00000000 172.16.192.0

Address

First IPv4 10101100.00010000.11000000.00000001 172.16.192.1

address

Last IPv4 10101100.00010000.11111111.11111110 172.16.255.254

address
Broadcast 10101100.00010000.11111111.11111111 172.16.255.255
Address

The network 172.16.0.0 is divided into four networks, each network has 16384
total IPv4 addresses and 16382 usable IPv4 addresses (two IPv4 addresses are
used in each subnet to represent the network address and the directed broadcast
address). The subnet mask for one bit subnetting is 255.255.192.0.

Class B - 3 Bit Subnetting

If we include three bits from the host part to the network part, the subnet mask is
changed into 255.255.224.0 The three bits added to network part can have eight
possible values in the third octet and that are 000, 001, 010, and 011, 100, 101,
110 and 111.

10101100.00010000.000 | 00000.00000000
11111111.11111111.111 | 00000.00000000

That means, we can get eight networks if we do a three bit subnetting.

SN Description Binaries Decimal

No
1 Network 10101100.00010000.00000000.00000000 172.16.0.0
Address

First IPv4 10101100.00010000.00000000.00000001 172.16.0.1

address
Last IPv4 10101100.00010000.00011111.11111110 172.16.31.254
 address

Broadcast 10101100.00010000.00011111.11111111 172.16.31.255

Address

2 Network 10101100.00010000.00100000.00000000 172.16.32.0

Address

First IPv4 10101100.00010000.00100000.00000001 172.16.32.1

address

Last IPv4 10101100.00010000.00111111.11111110 172.16.63.254

address

Broadcast 10101100.00010000.00111111.11111111 172.16.63.255

Address

3 Network 10101100.00010000.01000000.00000000 172.16.64.0

Address
First IPv4 10101100.00010000.01000000.00000001 172.16.64.1
address
Last IPv4 10101100.00010000.01011111.11111110 172.16.95.254
address
Broadcast 10101100.00010000.01011111.11111111 172.16.95.255
Address
4 Network 10101100.00010000.01100000.00000000 172.16.96.0
Address
First IPv4 10101100.00010000.01100000.00000001 172.16.96.1
address

Last IPv4 10101100.00010000.01111111.11111110 172.16.127.254

address

Broadcast 10101100.00010000.01111111.11111111 172.16.127.255

Address

5 Network 10101100.00010000.10000000.00000000 172.16.128.0

Address

First IPv4 10101100.00010000.10000000.00000001 172.16.128.1

address

Last IPv4 10101100.00010000.10011111.11111110 172.16.159.254

address

Broadcast 10101100.00010000.10011111.11111111 172.16.159.255

Address

6 Network 10101100.00010000.10100000.00000000 172.16.160.0

Address

First IPv4 10101100.00010000.10100000.00000001 172.16.160.1

 address

Last IPv4 10101100.00010000.10111111.11111110 172.16.191.254

address

Broadcast 10101100.00010000.10111111.11111111 172.16.191.255

Address

7 Network 10101100.00010000.11000000.00000000 172.16.192.0

Address

First IPv4 10101100.00010000.11000000.00000001 172.16.192.1

address

Last IPv4 10101100.00010000.11011111.11111110 172.16.223.254

address

Broadcast 10101100.00010000.11011111.11111111 172.16.223.255

Address

8 Network 10101100.00010000.11100000.00000000 172.16.224.0

Address
First IPv4 10101100.00010000.11100000.00000001 172.16.224.1
address
Last IPv4 10101100.00010000.11111111.11111110 172.16.255.254
address
Broadcast 10101100.00010000.11111111.11111111 172.16.255.255
Address

The network 172.16.0.0 is divided into eight networks, each network has 8192
total IPv4 addresses and 8190 usable IPv4 addresses (two IPv4 addresses are used
in each subnet to represent the network address and the directed broadcast
address).

In this Class B Subnetting Tutorial - Part 1, you have learned how to subnet a
Class B network. Click "Next" to view Class B Subnetting Tutorial - Part 2.