SEVILLA, STEPHEN JOEL G.

GERRY,BAUTISTA Jr.

Experiment #10
Title: Class C IP Address Subnetting

Objective:
• Learn how to subnet
• Subnet a class B IP address
Scenario:
Your company has one Class C address; 200.156.109.0. Recently the company has been
experiencing extremely heavy network traffic. As the network administrator, you decide to subnet
the LAN into two physical networks. There will 55 hosts on each network.

• How many subnets are required for this configuration?

• What is the subnet mask for all hosts on all subnets?
• What are the subnet ID’s for all subnets?
• What are the valid addresses for each subnet?
• How many hosts can each subnet host at maximum?

Step 1 – Determining the # of subnets and the subnet mask

A unique network id is required for each physical network. If you must take WAN links into
consideration on your network, you also require a unique id for the WAN connection.
Calculate the number of subnets required for this scenario, and from the chart, determine the
subnet mask.

Number of Subnets: 4

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.

# Network Address Useable Addresses Network Broadcast

From 200 156 109 0

0 200 156 109 0 200.156.109.63
To 200 156 109 62

From 200 156 109 64

1 200 156 109 64 200.156.109.127
To 200 156 109 126

From 200 156 109 128

2 200 156 109 128 200.156.109.191
To 200 156 109 190

From 200 156 109 192

3 200 156 109 192 200.156.109.255
To 200 156 109 194
We do not use the first subnet (according to Microsoft – even though it is used in the real world)
and we do not use the subnet id with the subnet mask in it either. You cannot have a subnet id
equal to your subnet mask. Therefore we must cross out the first subnet id and the last subnet id.

Step 3 – Calculating valid IP addresses for each subnet

Addresses for each subnet are calculated by beginning with an address that is, one after the
subnet id, to one before the next subnet id. Fill in the right hand side of the chart above.

Step 4 – Determine the number of hosts each subnet can support

Use the formula 2n – 2 where n= the number of host bits remaining. Remember to include host
bits from all octets. If 8 bits were used subnetting a Class B address, there would be 8 host bits
remaining. Therefore, using the formula above:

28–2
= 256 –2
=254

hosts per subnet Use the formula to determine the number of hosts supported on each subnet of
the network in this exercise.

# host bits used: 6

# host bits remaining: 2

# hosts per subnet: 64

Use the calculator in scientific mode to complete the calculation.

(Start >Programs >Accessories >Calculator. View pulldown menu, select Scientific.)