VLSM example

• Example: You must connect 2 networks in

Tallahassee with 2 networks in
Jacksonville. The TLH nets need to support
25 hosts each, JAX nets, 5 and 10 hosts
• You may use only 128.186.1.0 /24
 VLSM #2
#hosts #host #usable subnet
bits hosts
TAL1 25
TAL2 25
JAX1 10
JAX2 5
WAN 2
 VLSM #2
#hosts #host #usable subnet
bits hosts
TAL1 25 5 30 /27
TAL2 25 5 30 /27
JAX1 10 4 14 /28
JAX2 5 3 6 /29
WAN 2 2 2 /30
 VLSM Allocation Strategy
Sort the subnet requirements by size, largest
subnet first.
For each required subnet, allocate address
space out of the smallest available subnet
• 128.186.1.0/27 • 128.186.1.128/27
• 128.186.1.32/27 • 128.186.1.160/27
• 128.186.1.64/27 • 128.186.1.192/27
• 128.186.1.96/27 • 128.186.1.224/27
1.0/27 32 1/8 TAL1

1.32/27 32 1/8

1.64/26 64 1/4

1.128/26 128 1/2

1.0/27 32 1/8 TAL1

1.32/27 32 1/8 TAL2

1.64/26 64 1/4

1.128/26 128 1/2

1.0/27 32 1/8 TAL1
1.32/27 32 1/8 TAL2
1.64/28 16 1/16 JAX1
1.80/28 16 1/16
1.96/27 32 1/8
1.128/25 128 1/2
1.0/27 32 1/8 TAL1
1.32/27 32 1/8 TAL2
1.64/28 16 1/16 JAX1
1.80/29 8 1/32 JAX2
1.88/29 8 1/32
1.96/27 32 1/8
1.128/25 128 1/2
1.0/27 32 1/8 TAL1
1.32/27 32 1/8 TAL2
1.64/28 16 1/16 JAX1
1.80/29 8 1/32 JAX2
1.88/30 4 1/64 WAN
1.92/30 4 1/64
1.96/27 32 1/8
1.128/25 128 1/2
1.0/27 32 1/8 TAL1
1.32/27 32 1/8 TAL2
1.64/26 64 1/4
1.64/28 16 1/16 JAX1
1.80/28 16 1/16
1.80/29 8 1/32 JAX2
1.88/29 8 1/32
1.88/30 4 1/64 WAN
1.92/30 4 1/64
1.96/27 32 1/8
1.128/25 128 1/2
TAL1 128.186.1.0/27 JAX1 128.186.64/28

.1 .65
WAN 128.186.1.88/30

TALLAHASSEE .89 .90 JACKSONVILLE

.33 .81

TAL2 128.186.1.32/27 JAX2 128.186.80/29

(Typo in text for JAX1 and JAX2, should be

128.186.1.64 and 128.186.1.80)