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Subnetting Practice Examples: Class C Addresses with

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Practice example 1:

Network address: 192.168.10.0

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.224
1. How many subnets?
Ans: 6
2. How many hosts?
Ans: 30
3. What are the valid subnets?
Ans: 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192
4. Fill in the table below.
Subnet 1
32

Subnet 2
64

Subnet 3
96

Subnet 4
128

Subnet 5
160

Subnet 6
192

33

65

97

129

161

193

62
63

94
95

126
127

158
159

190
191

222
223

Meaning
The subnet
address
The first valid host
Our last valid host
The broadcast
address

Practice example 2:

Network address: 192.168.10.0

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.240
1. How many subnets?
Ans: 14
2. How many hosts?
Ans: 14
3. What are the valid subnets?
Ans: 16, 32, 48, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 144, 160, 176, 192, 208, 224
4. Fill in the table below.
Subnet

16

32

48

64

80

96

112 128 144 160 176 192 208 224

First Host 17

33

49

65

81

97

113 129 145 161 177 193 209 225

Last Host

30

46

62

78

94

110 126 142 158 174 190 206 222 238

Broadcast 31

47

63

79

95

111 127 143 159 175 191 207 223 239

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Practice example 3:

Network address: 192.168.10.0

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.248
1. How many subnets?
Ans: 30
2. How many hosts?
Ans: 6
3. What are the valid subnets?
Ans: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80, 88, 96, 104, 112, 120, 128, 136, 144, 152, 160,
168, 176, 184, 192, 200, 208, 216, 224, 232, 240
4. Fill in the table below (only the first three and last three subnets).
Subnet

16 24 224 232 240

First Host 9

17 25 225 233 241

Last Host

14 22 30 230 238 246

Broadcast 15 23 31 231 239 247

Practice example 4:

Network address: 192.168.10.0

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.252
1. How many subnets?
Ans: 62
2. How many hosts?
Ans: 2
3. What are the valid subnets?
Ans: 4, 8, 12 etc., all the way to 248
4. Fill in the table below (only the first three and last three subnets).
Subnet

12 240 244 248

First Host 5

13 241 245 249

Last Host

10 14 242 246 250

Broadcast 7

11 15 243 247 251

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Further Subnetting Practice with Answers

Write the subnet, broadcast address and valid host range for the
following:
1. 172.16.10.5

255.255.255.128

Ans: Subnet is 172.16.10.0, broadcast is 172.16.10.127 and valid host range is

172.16.10.1 to 126. You need to ask yourself, Is the subnet bit in the fourth octet on
or off? If the host address has a value of less than 128 in the fourth octet, then the
subnet bit must be off. If the value of the fourth octet is higher than 128, then the
subnet bit must be on. In this case, the host address is 10.5 and the bit in the fourth
octet must be off. The subnet must be 172.16.10.0.
2. 172.16.10.33

255.255.255.224

Ans: Subnet is 172.16.10.32, broadcast is 172.16.10.63 and valid host range is

172.16.10.33 to 10.62. 256-224=32. 32+32=64. The subnet is 10.32 and the next
subnet is 10.64, so the broadcast address must be 10.63.
3. 172.16.10.65

255.255.255.192

Ans: Subnet is 172.16.10.64, broadcast is 172.16.10.127 and valid host range is

172.16.10.65 to 172.16.10.126. 256-192=64. 64+64=128, so the network address must
be 172.16.10.64, with a broadcast of 172.16.10.127.
4. 172.16.10.17

255.255.255.252

Ans: Network is 172.16.10.16, broadcast is 172.16.10.19 and valid host range is

172.16.10.17 to 18. 256-252=4. 4+4=8, plus 4=12, plus 4=16, plus 4=20. So the subnet
is 172.16.10.16 and the broadcast must be 10.19.
5. 172.16.10.33

255.255.255.240

Ans: Network is 172.16.10.32, broadcast is 172.16.10.47 and valid host range is

172.16.10.33 to 46. 256-240=16. 16+16=32, plus 16=48. The subnet is 172.16.10.32
and the broadcast is 172.1610.47.
6. 192.168.100.25

255.255.255.252

Ans: Subnet is 192.168.100.24, broadcast is 192.168.100.27 and valid host range is

192.168.100.25 to 26. 256-252=4. 4+4=8, plus 4=12, plus 4=16, plus 4=20, plus 4=24,
plus 4=28. The subnet is 100.24 and the broadcast is 100.27.
7. 192.168.100.17, with 4 bits of subnetting
Ans: Subnet is 192.168.100.16, broadcast is 192.168.100.31 and valid host range is
192.168.100.17 to 30. 256-240=16. 16+16=32. The subnet is, then, 100.16 and the
broadcast is 100.31 because 32 is the next subnet.
8. 192.168.100.66, with 3 bits of subnetting
Ans: Subnet is 192.168.100.64, broadcast is 192.168.100.95 and valid host range is
192.168.100.65 to 94. 256-224=32. 32+32=64, plus 32=96. The subnet is 100.64 and
the broadcast is 100.95.

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9. 192.168.100.17

255.255.255.248

Ans: Subnet is 192.168.100.16, broadcast is 192.168.100.23 and valid host range is

192.168.100.17 to 22. 256-248=8. 8+8=16, plus 8=24. The subnet is 16 and the
broadcast is 23.
10. 10.10.10.5

255.255.255.252

Ans: Subnet is 10.10.10.4, broadcast is 10.10.10.7 and valid host range is 10.10.10.5 to
6. 256-252=4. 4+4=8.

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