Question

Your location has been assigned the 172.149.254.0 /24 network. You are tasked with dividing the network into 13 subnets with the maximum number of hosts possible on each subnet.
Required:
a. What is the dotted decimal value for the subnet mask?
b. How many additional bits will you need to mask in the subnet mask?

Answer 1

• The subnet mask would be a 32-bit integer which is formed by assigning the host bits to all 0's and the networking bits to so many 1's.
• In this method, the subnetting separates the IP address between host and network addresses.
• The subnet mask covers an IP address with its 32-bit number, thus the term "mask".

Given:

Network IP address $\bold{= 172.149.254.0 /24}$

Subnet numbers $\bold{= 13}$

Calculating the borrow bits:

$\to \bold{= ceil(\log_{2} 13) = 4 \ bits}$

a)

Calculating the dotted decimal value for the subnet mask:

$\to \bold{11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000}\\\\\to \bold{255.255.255.240}$

b)

The additional bits which will be needed to mask the subnet mask that is = 4.

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