IPv4 subnetting worksheet with answers

Free printable IPv4 subnetting worksheet: 6 problems from easy to exam level, with an answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF.

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1.Easy
/2311111111111111111111111000000000network bitshost bits

How many usable host addresses H are there in an IPv4 subnet with prefix /23?

/23
H =
2.Easy
/2111111111111111111111100000000000network bitshost bits

How many usable host addresses H are there in an IPv4 subnet with prefix /21?

/21
H =
3.Medium
/24 → /2911111111111111111111111111111000network bitshost bits

The network 192.168.10.0/24 must be divided into at least 30 equal subnets. If you borrow as few bits as possible, how many usable hosts H does each subnet have?

192.168.10.0/2430 subnets
H =
4.Medium
/?11111111111111111111110000000000network bitshost bits

A department needs 815 host addresses in a single subnet. What is the longest prefix length p (smallest subnet) that is big enough?

815 hosts
p =
5.Hard
third octet 226 … 228112816413201608041201commonvaries

A router has routes to these networks: 10.191.226.0/24, 10.191.227.0/24, 10.191.228.0/24. What is the longest prefix length p of a single summary route that covers all of them?

10.191.226.0/24 … 10.191.228.0/24
p =
6.Hard
last octet = 132112806403201608140201networkhost

A host has the address 10.20.202.132/29. What is the last number (fourth octet) x of its subnet's broadcast address?

10.20.202.132/29
x =

Answer key

  1. 1. H = 510
  2. 2. H = 2046
  3. 3. H = 6
  4. 4. p = 22
  5. 5. p = 21
  6. 6. x = 135

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