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VLSM Addressing Design Exercises

This document presents four VLSM addressing exercises of increasing difficulty involving assigning subnets to LANs and WAN links in network topologies. The exercises ask the reader to apply VLSM to assign subnets contiguously and minimize wasted addresses, labeling the subnet assignments on the diagrams and listing any remaining available address space.

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VLSM Addressing Design Exercises

This document presents four VLSM addressing exercises of increasing difficulty involving assigning subnets to LANs and WAN links in network topologies. The exercises ask the reader to apply VLSM to assign subnets contiguously and minimize wasted addresses, labeling the subnet assignments on the diagrams and listing any remaining available address space.

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VLSM Addressing Design Exercises
In the following VLSM addressing design exercises, you apply your VLSM addressing skills to a three router topology.
Each exercise is progressively more difficult than the last. There may be more than one correct answer in some
situations. However, you should always practice good addressing design by assigning your subnets contiguously.
Exercise 1
Assume that 4 bits were borrowed from the host portion of 192.168.1.0/24. You are not-using VLSM. Starting with
Subnet 0, label Figure 9-2 contiguously with subnets. Start with the LAN on RTA and proceed clockwise.

Figure 9-2 Addressing Design Exercise 1 Topology: Subnets
How many total valid host addresses will be wasted on the WAN links?
Now come up with a better addressing scheme using VLSM. Start with the same 4 bits borrowed from the host portion
of 192.168.1.0/24. Label each of the LANs with a subnet. Then subnet the next available subnet to provide WAN
subnets without wasting any host addresses. Label Figure 9-3 with the subnets.

Figure 9-3 Addressing Design Exercise 1 Topology: VLSM Subnets
List the address space that is still available for future expansion.

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The topology shown in Figure 9-4 has LAN subnets already assigned out of the 192.168.1.0/24 address space. Using
VLSM, create and label the WANs with subnets from the remaining address space.

Figure 9-4 Addressing Design Exercise 1 Topology: WAN Subnets
List the address space that is still available for future expansion.
Exercise 2
Your address space is 192.168.1.192/26. Each LAN needs to support ten hosts. Use VLSM to create a contiguous IP
addressing scheme. Label Figure 9-5 with your addressing scheme. Dont forget the WAN links.

Figure 9-5 Addressing Design Exercise 2 Topology
List the address space that is still available for future expansion.

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Exercise 3
Your address space is 192.168.6.0/23. The number of hosts needed for each LAN is shown in Figure 9-6. Use VLSM
to create a contiguous IP addressing scheme. LabelFigure 9-6 with your addressing scheme. Dont forget the WAN
links.

Figure 9-6 Addressing Design Exercise 3 Topology
List the address space that is still available for future expansion.
Exercise 4
Your address space is 10.10.96.0/21. The number of hosts needed for each LAN is shown in Figure 9-7. Use VLSM to
create a contiguous IP addressing scheme. LabelFigure 9-7 with your addressing scheme. Dont forget the WAN links.

Figure 9-7 Addressing Design Exercise 4 Topology
List the address space that is still available for future expansion.

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