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Subnetting Class C Addresses

The document discusses different methods for subnetting a Class C IP address. It explains that a Class C address has 8 bits available for hosts and the only possible subnet masks are those that use the leftmost bits starting from the left without skipping bits. It then provides examples of using the binary method to subnet a Class C address with a 255.255.255.192 subnet mask, yielding 4 subnets each with 62 available hosts. The document also outlines the "fast way" to determine number of subnets, hosts per subnet, valid subnet addresses, and broadcast addresses for a given subnet mask.

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Subnetting Class C Addresses

The document discusses different methods for subnetting a Class C IP address. It explains that a Class C address has 8 bits available for hosts and the only possible subnet masks are those that use the leftmost bits starting from the left without skipping bits. It then provides examples of using the binary method to subnet a Class C address with a 255.255.255.192 subnet mask, yielding 4 subnets each with 62 available hosts. The document also outlines the "fast way" to determine number of subnets, hosts per subnet, valid subnet addresses, and broadcast addresses for a given subnet mask.

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Subnetting Class C Addresses

There are many different ways to subnet a network In a Class C address, only 8 bits are available for defining the hosts Remember that subnet bits start at the left and go to the right, without skipping bits This means that the only Class C subnet masks can be the following:

The Binary Method: Subnetting a Class C Address

Take example of a subnet mask 255.255.255.192 192 = 11000000 The 1s represent the subnet bits, and the 0s represent the host bits available in each subnet 192 provides 2 bits for subnetting and 6 bits for defining the hosts in each subnet we can get four subnets

00000000 01000000 10000000 11000000

= = = =

0 64 128 192

The Binary Method: Subnetting a Class C Address

The Binary Method: Subnetting a Class C Address

The Fast Way: Subnetting a Class C Address

How many subnets does the chosen subnet mask produce? How many valid hosts per subnet are available? What are the valid subnets? Whats the broadcast address of each subnet? What are the valid hosts in each subnet?

The Fast Way: Subnetting a Class C Address

How many subnets?

2x = number of subnets. x is the number of masked bits, or the 1s For example, in 11000000, the number of ones gives us 22 subnets. In this example, there are 4 subnets

The Fast Way: Subnetting a Class C Address

How many hosts per subnet?

2y 2 = number of hosts per subnet. y is the number of unmasked bits, or the 0s For example, in 11000000, the number of zeros gives us 26 2 hosts In this example, there are 62 hosts per subnet. You need to subtract two

The Fast Way: Subnetting a Class C Address

What are the valid subnets?

256 subnet mask = block size, or increment number An example would be 256 192 = 64. The block size of a 192 mask is always 64 Start counting at zero in blocks of 64 until you reach the subnet mask value and these are your subnets: 0, 64, 128, 192

The Fast Way: Subnetting a Class C Address

Whats the broadcast address for each subnet?

Subnets in the last section are 0, 64, 128, and 192, the broadcast address is always the number right before the next subnet For example, the 0 subnet has a broadcast address of 63 because the next subnet is 64 The 64 subnet has a broadcast address of 127 because the next subnet is 128, etc The broadcast of the last subnet is always 255 for Class C

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