IPv4 subnetting worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
/2711111111111111111111111111100000network bitshost bits

How many usable host addresses H are there in an IPv4 subnet with prefix /27?

/27
H =
2.Easy
third octet of /21112816413211618040201oneszeros

Write the subnet mask of a /21 network in dotted-decimal notation. What is the value x of its third octet?

/21
x =
3.Medium
/24 → /2711111111111111111111111111100000network bitshost bits

The network 192.168.129.0/24 is divided into /27 subnets, numbered 1, 2, 3, … from the lowest address (subnet 1 starts at .0). What is the fourth octet x of the network address of subnet 5?

192.168.129.0/24/27subnet 5 (subnet 1 starts at .0)
x =
4.Medium
/24 → /2511111111111111111111111110000000network bitshost bits

The network 192.168.119.0/24 is divided into /25 subnets, numbered 1, 2, 3, … from the lowest address (subnet 1 starts at .0). What is the fourth octet x of the broadcast address of subnet 2?

192.168.119.0/24/25subnet 2 (subnet 1 starts at .0)
x =
5.Hard
third octet 0 … 6012806403201608040201commonvaries

A router has routes to these networks: 10.120.0.0/24, 10.120.1.0/24, 10.120.2.0/24, 10.120.3.0/24, 10.120.4.0/24, 10.120.5.0/24, 10.120.6.0/24. What is the longest prefix length p of a single summary route that covers all of them?

10.120.0.0/24 … 10.120.6.0/24
p =
6.Hard
last octet = 35012806413201608041211networkhost

A host has the address 10.20.51.35/30. What is the last number (fourth octet) x of its subnet's broadcast address?

10.20.51.35/30
x =

Answer key

  1. 1. H = 30
  2. 2. x = 248
  3. 3. x = 128
  4. 4. x = 255
  5. 5. p = 21
  6. 6. x = 35

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