Subnetting Based on Network Requirements

Example: Subnet 192.168.1.0 into 16 networks.

Step 1. Determine the IP Class and its default subnet mask.

IP Class: C
Default Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Step 2. Convert the default subnet mask into binary and borrow bits from the host part.

Binary Representation of Subnet Mask: 11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000

Use the table below to determine how many bits to be borrowed.

Binary 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
Place
Value
Number 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2
of
Networks
Required
Counting 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Count from right to left until to the number of networks required. Since we need 16 networks, we need
to borrow 4 bits from the host part of the subnet mask.

New Subnet Mask Binary Representation: 11111111.11111111.11111111.11110000

New Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.240
Step 3. Find the increment of each subnet and generate the subnets.

The increment is the last bit of subnet mask in binary representation.

New Subnet Mask Binary Representation: 11111111.11111111.11111111.11110000

Last octet 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
of new
subnet
mask
Binary 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
Place
Value

Since the last bit falls over to the 16 in binary place value, the increment is 16.

Subnets:

SUBNET NETWORK BROADCAST NO. OF NO. OF FIRST LAST

NO. ADDRESS ADDRESS HOSTS USABLE USABLE USABLE
HOSTS HOST HOST
1 192.168.1.0 192.168.1.15 16 14 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.14
2 192.168.1.16 192.168.1.31 16 14 192.168.1.17 192.168.1.30
3 192.168.1.32 192.16831.47 16 14 192.168.1.33 192.168.1.46
4 192.168.1.48 192.168.1.63 16 14 192.168.1.49 192.168.1.62
5 192.168.1.64 192.168.1.79 16 14 192.168.1.65 192.168.1.78
6 192.168.1.80 192.168.1.95 16 14 192.168.1.81 192.168.1.94
7 192.168.1.96 192.168.1.111 16 14 192.168.1.97 192.168.1.110
8 192.168.1.112 192.168.1.127 16 14 192.168.1.113 192.168.1.128
9 192.168.1.128 192.168.1.143 16 14 192.168.1.129 192.168.1.142
10 192.168.1.144 192.168.1.159 16 14 192.168.1.145 192.168.1.158
11 192.168.1.160 192.168.1.175 16 14 192.168.1.161 192.168.1.174
12 192.168.1.176 192.168.1.191 16 14 192.168.1.177 192.168.1.190
13 192.168.1.192 192.168.1.207 16 14 192.168.1.193 192.168.1.206
14 192.168.1.208 192.168.1.223 16 14 192.168.1.209 192.168.1.222
15 192.168.1.224 192.168.1.239 16 14 192.168.1.225 192.168.1.238
16 192.168.1.240 192.168.1.255 16 14 192.168.1.241 192.168.1.254