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Solved subnetting problems In IP addressing

and subnetting workbook

Version 1.1

By
Muhedin Abdullahi Mohamed
muhudin99@hotmail.com
Currently a postgraduate student in
Univeristi Teknologi Malaysia
September 2009

The workbook is available at:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/20246803/IP-Addressing-Sub-Netting-Workbook
When asked a subnetting problem, you can be presented with several pieces of
information that describe the situation. Given that information, it will be up to you
to figure out the remaining pieces of information to solve the problem. In this
document I will present solutions to problems in IP addressing and subnetting
work book v1.1 which was produced by Robb Jones. In the first part of the
workbook, the types of information that you must be able to identify are as
follows:
Information required Value
Address class
Default subnet mask
Custom subnet mask
Total number of subnets
Number of usable subnets
Total number of host addresses
Number of usable addresses
Number of bits borrowed

Let us now commence solving the problems skipping those that were already
solved as examples in the workbook.
Part1
Problem41:
In this problem, the following data is given :
Number of needed usable subnets: 6
Number of needed usable hosts: 30
Network Address : 210.100.56.0
For this problem the solution is

Information required Value


Address class C
Default subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Custom subnet mask 255.255.255.224
Total number of subnets 8
Number of usable subnets 6
Total number of host addresses 32
Number of usable addresses 30
Number of bits borrowed 3

Problem5:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable subnets: 6

1
Problems 1, 2 and 3 are solved in the work book as examples.
Number of needed usable hosts: 30
Network Address: 195.85.8.0
For this problem the solution is

Information required Value


Address class C

Default subnet mask 255.255.255.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.255.224

Total number of subnets 8

Number of usable subnets 6

Total number of host addresses 32

Number of usable addresses 30

Number of bits borrowed 3

Problem6:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable subnets: 126
Number of needed usable hosts: 131070
Network Address: 118.0.0.0
For this problem the solution
Information required Value
Address class A

Default subnet mask 255.0.0.0

Custom subnet mask 255.254.0.0

Total number of subnets 128

Number of usable subnets 126


Total number of host addresses 131072

Number of usable addresses 131070

Number of bits borrowed 7

Problem7:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable subnets: 2000
Number of needed usable hosts: 15
Network Address: 178.100.0.0
For this problem the solution
Information required Value
Address class B

Default subnet mask 255.255.0.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.255.224

Total number of subnets 2048

Number of usable subnets 2046

Total number of host addresses 32

Number of usable addresses 30

Number of bits borrowed 10

Problem8:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable subnets: 1
Number of needed usable hosts: 45
Network Address: 200.175.14.0
For this problem the solution
Information required Value
Address class C

Default subnet mask 255.255.255.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.255.192

Total number of subnets 4

Number of usable subnets 2

Total number of host addresses 64

Number of usable addresses 62

Number of bits borrowed 2

Problem9:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable subnets: 60
Number of needed usable hosts: 1000
Network Address: 128.77.0.0
For this problem the solution

Information required Value


Address class B

Default subnet mask 255.255.0.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.252.0

Total number of subnets 64

Number of usable subnets 62

Total number of host addresses 1024


Number of usable addresses 1022

Number of bits borrowed 6

Problem10:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable hosts: 60
Network Address: 198.100.10.0
For this problem the solution
Information required Value
Address class C

Default subnet mask 255.255.255.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.255.192

Total number of subnets 4

Number of usable subnets 2

Total number of host addresses 64

Number of usable addresses 62

Number of bits borrowed 2

Problem11:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable subnets: 250
Network Address: 101.0.0.0
For this problem the solution
Information required Value
Address class A

Default subnet mask 255.0.0.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.0.0

Total number of subnets 256

Number of usable subnets 254

Total number of host addresses 65536

Number of usable addresses 65534

Number of bits borrowed 8

Problem12:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable subnets: 5
Network Address: 218.35.50.0
For this problem the solution
Information required Value
Address class C

Default subnet mask 255.255.255.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.255.224

Total number of subnets 8

Number of usable subnets 6

Total number of host addresses 32

Number of usable addresses 30

Number of bits borrowed 3

Problem13:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable hosts: 2 5
Network Address: 218.35.50.0
For this problem the solution is:
Information required Value
Address class C

Default subnet mask 255.255.255.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.255.224

Total number of subnets 8

Number of usable subnets 6

Total number of host addresses 32

Number of usable addresses 30

Number of bits borrowed 3

Problem14:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable subnets: 10
Network Address: 172.59.0.0
For this problem the solution is:

Information required Value


Address class B

Default subnet mask 255.255.0.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.240.0

Total number of subnets 16


Number of usable subnets 14

Total number of host addresses 4096

Number of usable addresses 4094

Number of bits borrowed 4

Problem15:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable hosts: 50
Network Address: 172.59.0.0
For this problem the solution is:
Information required Value
Address class B

Default subnet mask 255.255.0.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.255.192

Total number of subnets 1024

Number of usable subnets 1022

Total number of host addresses 64

Number of usable addresses 62

Number of bits borrowed 10

Problem16:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable hosts: 29
Network Address: 23.0.0.0
For this problem the solution is:
Information required Value
Address class A

Default subnet mask 255.0.0.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.255.224

Total number of subnets 524288

Number of usable subnets 524286

Total number of host addresses 32

Number of usable addresses 30

Number of bits borrowed 19


Part2:
In addition to what has been discussed so far, this section will further determine
other pieces of information as the valid host ranges in given subnet as well as
subnet and broadcast addresses. Like the previous section, problems 1 and 2 will
be skipped for they are solved in the workbook as examples:
Problem32:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable subnets: 1
Network Address: 195.223.50.0
For this problem the solution is:

Information required Value


Address class C

Default subnet mask 255.255.255.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.255.192

Total number of subnets 4

Number of usable subnets 2

Total number of host addresses 64

Number of usable addresses 62

Number of bits borrowed 2

2nd usable subnet range 195.223.50.128 to 195.223.50.191

2
For problems 1 and 2 check the work book
Subnet No for 1st usable subnet 195.223.50.64

Subnet broadcast address for 1st 195.223.50.127

usable sunet
Assignable addresses for the 2nd 195.223.50.129 to 195.223.50.190

usable subnet

Problem4:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable subnets: 750
Network Address: 190.35.0.0
For this problem the solution is:

Information required Value


Address class B

Default subnet mask 255.255.0.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.255.192

Total number of subnets 1024

Number of usable subnets 1022

Total number of host addresses 64

Number of usable addresses 62

Number of bits borrowed 10

14th usable subnet range 190.35.3.128 to 190.35.3.191

Subnet No for 12th usable subnet 190.35.3.0

Subnet broadcast address for the 9th 190.35.2.127


usable subnet
Assignable addresses for the 5th 190.35.1.65 to 190.35.1.126
usable subnet

Problem5:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable hosts: 6
Network Address: 126.0.0.0
For this problem the solution is:

Information required Value


Address class A

Default subnet mask 255.0.0.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.255.248

Total number of subnets 2097152

Number of usable subnets 2097150

Total number of host addresses 8

Number of usable addresses 6

Number of bits borrowed 21

1st usable subnet range 126.0.0.8 to 126.0.0.15

Subnet No for 4th usable subnet 126.0.0.32

Subnet broadcast address for the 6th 126.0.0.55


usable subnet
Assignable addresses for the 9th 126.0.0.73 to 126.0.0.78

usable subnet

Problem6:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable subnets: 10
Network Address: 192.70.10.0
For this problem the solution is:

Information required Value


Address class C

Default subnet mask 255.255.255.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.255.240

Total number of subnets 16

Number of usable subnets 14

Total number of host addresses 16

Number of usable addresses 14

Number of bits borrowed 4

8th usable subnet range 192.70.10.128 to 192.70.10.143

Subnet No for 3rd usable subnet 192.70.10.48

Subnet broadcast address for the 192.70.10.191

11th usable subnet


Assignable addresses for the 9th 192.70.10.145 to 192.70.10.158

usable subnet

Problem7:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Network Address: 10.0.0.0/163
For this problem the solution is:

3
The prefix number (/16 ) indicates how many bits used for the network ID.
Information required Value
Address class A

Default subnet mask 255.0.0.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.0.0

Total number of subnets 256

Number of usable subnets 254

Total number of host addresses 65536

Number of usable addresses 65534

Number of bits borrowed 8

10th usable subnet range 10.10.0.0 to 10.10.255.255

Subnet No for 5th usable subnet 10.5.0.0

Subnet broadcast address for the 1st 10.1.255.255


usable subnet
Assignable addresses for the 8th 10.8.0.1 to 10.8.255.254

usable subnet

Problem8:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable subnets: 4
Network Address: 172.50.0.0
For this problem the solution is:

Information required Value


Address class B

Default subnet mask 255.255.0.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.224.0


Total number of subnets 8

Number of usable subnets 6

Total number of host addresses 8192

Number of usable addresses 8190

Number of bits borrowed 3

3rd usable subnet range 172.50.96.0 to 172.50.127.255

Subnet No for 4th usable subnet 172.50.128.0

Subnet broadcast address for the 5th 172.50.191.255


usable subnet
Assignable addresses for the 2nd 172.50.64.1 to 172.50.95.254

usable subnet

Problem9:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable hosts: 28
Network Address: 172.50.0.0
For this problem the solution is:

Information required Value


Address class B

Default subnet mask 255.255.0.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.255.224

Total number of subnets 2048

Number of usable subnets 2046

Total number of host addresses 32

Number of usable addresses 30


Number of bits borrowed 11

1st usable subnet range 172.50.0.32 to 172.50.0.63

Subnet No for 9th usable subnet 172.50.1.32

Subnet broadcast address for the 3rd 172.50.0.127


usable subnet
Assignable addresses for the 5th 172.50.0.161 to 172.50.0.190

usable subnet

Problem10:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable subnets: 45
Network Address: 220.100.100.0
For this problem the solution is:

Information required Value


Address class C

Default subnet mask 255.255.255.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.255.252

Total number of subnets 64

Number of usable subnets 62

Total number of host addresses 4

Number of usable addresses 2

Number of bits borrowed 6

4th usable subnet range 220.100.100.16 to 220.100.100.19

Subnet No for 3rd usable subnet 220.100.100.12

Subnet broadcast address for the 220.100.100.51


12th usable subnet
Assignable addresses for the 11th 220.100.100.45 to 220.100.100.46

usable subnet

Problem11:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable hosts: 8000
Network Address: 135.70.0.0
For this problem the solution is:

Information required Value


Address class B

Default subnet mask 255.255.0.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.252.0

Total number of subnets 8

Number of usable subnets 6

Total number of host addresses 8192

Number of usable addresses 8190

Number of bits borrowed 3

5th usable subnet range 135.70.160.0 to 135.70.191.255

Subnet No for 6th usable subnet 135.70.192.0

Subnet broadcast address for the 135.70.95.255

2nd usable subnet


Assignable addresses for the 4th 135.70.128.1 to 135.70.159.254

usable subnet
Problem12:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable hosts: 45
Network Address: 198.125.50.0
For this problem the solution is:
Information required Value
Address class C

Default subnet mask 255.255.255.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.252.192

Total number of subnets 4

Number of usable subnets 2

Total number of host addresses 64

Number of usable addresses 62

Number of bits borrowed 2

1st usable subnet range 198.125.50.64 to 198. 125.50.127

Subnet No for 1st usable subnet 198.125.50.64

Subnet broadcast address for the 198.125.50.191

2nd usable subnet


Assignable addresses for the 2nd 198.125.50.129 to 198.125.50.190

usable subnet

Problem13:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Network Address: 165.200.0.0/26
For this problem the solution is:

Information required Value


Address class B

Default subnet mask 255.255.0.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.252.192

Total number of subnets 1024

Number of usable subnets 1022

Total number of host addresses 64

Number of usable addresses 62

Number of bits borrowed 10

9th usable subnet range 165.200.2.64 to 165.200.2.127

Subnet No for 10th usable subnet 165.200.2.128

Subnet broadcast address for the 165.200.255.127

1022nd usable subnet


Assignable addresses for the 1021st 165.200.255.1 to 165.200.255.254

usable subnet

Problem14:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Number of needed usable hosts: 16
Network Address: 200.10.10.0
For this problem the solution is:

Information required Value


Address class C

Default subnet mask 255.255.255.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255.252.224

Total number of subnets 8

Number of usable subnets 6

Total number of host addresses 32

Number of usable addresses 30

Number of bits borrowed 3

6th usable subnet range 200.10.10.192 to 200.10.10.223

Subnet No for 4th usable subnet 200.10.10.128

Subnet broadcast address for the 3rd 200.10.10.127


usable subnet
Assignable addresses for the 5th 200.10.10.161 to 200.10.10.190

usable subnet

Problem15:
In this problem, the following data is given:
Network Address: 93.0.0.0/19
For this problem the solution is:

Information required Value


Address class A

Default subnet mask 255.0.0.0

Custom subnet mask 255.255..224.0

Total number of subnets 2048


Number of usable subnets 2046

Total number of host addresses 8192

Number of usable addresses 8190

Number of bits borrowed 11

14th usable subnet range 93.1.192.0 to 93.1.223.255

Subnet No for 8th usable subnet 93.1.0.0

Subnet broadcast address for the 6th 93.0.223.255


usable subnet
Assignable addresses for the 11th 93.1.96.1 to 93.1.127.254

usable subnet

Conclusions:
It is worth mentioning that this work is done as part of my assignments during the
normal study of CCNA1 course. I therefore apologize you for any mistakes done.
Your corrections and suggestions (if any) are welcomed at
muhudin99@yahoo.com/muhudin99@hotmail.com

All thanks to Allah.


Thank you too.

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