VLSM (Variable Length Subnet Mask)
ABC Company
172.16.0.0/19 – Given Network
Sales Department- 300 Hosts
Marketing Department- 254 Hosts
Admin Department- 120 Hosts
IT department- 12 Hosts
Step-1:
Subnet the given network and assign the 1st subnet to sales. Subnet further the 3rd Subnet as per the
requirements Marketing Department.
Step-2
Available subnet that you have created in Step-1, assign the 1st subnet to Marketing Department. Again,
subnet the 2nd Subnet as per the requirements of Admin dept and assign first subnet to it.
Step-3
Available subnet that you have created in step-2, further subnet the 1st subnet as per the requirements
of IT dept and assign 2nd subnet to it.
Solution:
Task-1:
Find-out the network bit and host bit:
Sales Department: 300 Hosts ; Host Bit= 9, Network Bit= 23
Total Usable IP= 2^hostbit-2 =
=2^2-2= 2---Not Allowed
=2^3-2=6 N.A
=2^4-2= 14 N.A
=2^5-2= 30 N.A
=2^6-2= 62 N.A
=2^7-2= 126 N.A
=2^8-2= 254 N.A
= 2^9-2= 510
VLSM (Variable Length Subnet Mask)
Marketing Department= 254 Hosts ; Network Bit= 24, Host bit=8
Admin Department= 120 Hosts; Network Bit= 25, Host bit= 7
IT Department= 12 Hosts; Host Bit= 4; Network Bit=28;
Step-1:
Subnet the given network and assign the 1st subnet to sales. Subnet further the 3rd Subnet as per the
requirements Marketing Department.
172.16.0.0/19
10101100 00010000 00000000 00000000 –1st subnet
10101100 00010000 00000010 00000000 – 2nd Subnet
10101100 00010000 00000100 00000000 –3rd Subnet
10101100 00010000 00000110 00000000 –4th subnet
10101100 00010000 00001000 00000000 –5th subnet
10101100 00010000 00001010 00000000-6th subnet
10101100 00010000 00001100 00000000
10101100 00010000 00001110 00000000
10101100 00010000 00011110 00000000-----Last Subnet
Sales Subnet= 172.16.0.0/23
N. A= 172.16.0.0/23
Broadcast Address= 172.16.1.255
1st PC- 172.16.0.1
10th PC- 172.16.0.10
VLSM (Variable Length Subnet Mask)
Further Subnet:
10101100 00010000 00000100 00000000---1st Subnet
10101100 00010000 00000101 00000000—2nd Subnet
Step-2
Available updated subnet that you have created in Step-1, assign the 1st subnet to Marketing
Department. Again, subnet the 2nd Subnet as per the requirements of Admin dept and assign first subnet
to it.
Marketing Departments Subnet= 172.16.4.0/24
10101100 00010000 00000101 00000000----1st subnet
10101100 00010000 00000101 10000000----2nd Subnet
Admin Subnet= 172.16.5.0/25
Step-3
Available updated subnet that you have created in step-2, further subnet the 1st subnet as per the
requirements of IT dept and assign 2nd subnet to it.
10101100 00010000 00000101 00000000
10101100 00010000 00000101 00010000—2nd Subnet
10101100 00010000 00000101 00100000
10101100 00010000 00000101 00110000
10101100 00010000 00000101 01000000
10101100 00010000 00000101 01010000
10101100 00010000 00000101 01100000
10101100 00010000 00000101 01110000
VLSM (Variable Length Subnet Mask)
10101100 00010000 00000101 00010000
IT Subnet= 172.16.5.16/28
