Exercise: Implementing a subnet A note about exercises
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Scenario You are a network administrator and you are maintaining a Class B network with the private IP address 172.16.0.0. You want to improve the network's overall performance so you decide to subnet the network.
Exercise Your assignment for this exercise is to consider how to subnet your network.
Task list Number Instructions 1
How many usable subnets are created if 4 bits are borrowed?
2
What is the subnet mask of the address 172.16.0.0 if you borrow 4 bits from the host field?
3
How many usable subnets can be created if 6 bits are borrowed from the IP network address?
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