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Calculating A Subnet Mask Exercise 2-1

This document provides instructions for calculating a subnet mask from an IP address and network mask. It involves determining the network and host bits, then converting the network bits to a 32-bit binary value with ones and zeros, and finally expressing that value as a dotted decimal subnet mask. The example shows taking a Class A address of 10.2.1.15/255.255.0.0 and calculating its subnet mask as 255.255.0.0.

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Calculating A Subnet Mask Exercise 2-1

This document provides instructions for calculating a subnet mask from an IP address and network mask. It involves determining the network and host bits, then converting the network bits to a 32-bit binary value with ones and zeros, and finally expressing that value as a dotted decimal subnet mask. The example shows taking a Class A address of 10.2.1.15/255.255.0.0 and calculating its subnet mask as 255.255.0.0.

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EXERCISE 2-1: CALCULATING A SUBNET MASK

1. Your instructor has supplied you with a network address to use on your workgroup
network. Write down the address you have been assigned.
10.2.1.15 255.255.0.0
To which IP address class does your network address belong? (Consult Table 2-1 in your
textbook if you are not sure.)
Class A
What is the size of the network identifier in the address you've been assigned in bits?
16 bits

2. Subtract the number of network identifier bits from the number following the slash in the
address your instructor has provided.
16 – 8 = 8
What does this value represent?
Subnet bits

3. Calculate the value of 2˟ – 2, where x is the value you calculated in Step 2.


28 – 2 = 254
What does this value represent?
Number of subnets

4. Subtract the number following the slash in the address your instructor has provided from
32.
32 – 16 = 16
What does this value represent?
Host bits

5. Calculate the value of 2˟ - 2, where, x is the value you calculated in Step 4.


216 – 2 = 65534
What does this value represent?
Number of hosts

6. Write a number of ones corresponding to the value after the slash in the address supplied
by your instructor. For example, if the supplied address was 172.23.47.0/24, you would
write 24 ones, as follows: 111111111111111111111111
1111111111111111

7. Add zeros after the ones to reach a total of 32 bits, and record the resulting value in the
space below as in the following example: 11111111111111111111111100000000
11111111111111110000000000000000
8. Split the 32-bit value into four groups of eight bits each, and convert each group of eight
to decimal form as in the following example. (See "Converting Binaries and Decimals" in
Chapter 2 of your textbook if you need help performing the conversions.)
11111111 11111111 11111111 00000000
255 255 255 0

11111111 11111111 00000000 00000000


255 255 0 0

9. Write the four 8-bit decimal numbers using dotted decimal notation.
255.255.0.0
This value is the subnet mask that you will use for your workgroup network. Record the
subnet mask in the Subnet Mask cell in Table 2-1 at the end of Exercise 2-2.

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