VLSM Exercise
VLSM Exercise
IPv4: 172.16.0.0/19
IPv6: 2001:211:CAFE::/48
Host Information
Sales 320 Hosts /23
Marketing 190 Hosts /24
Administration 10 Hosts /28
IT 10 Hosts /28
IPv4
Step 1: Subnet the given subnet and assign the 1st subnet to Sales department while wasting the fewest addresses.
Step 2: From the available subnets that you created in Step 1, subnet further the 2 nd subnet as per the host requirement of
Marketing department.
Step 3: From the subnets that you created in Step 2, assign the 1 st subnet to Marketing department and subnet further the 2nd
subnet as per the requirement of Administration department and IT department.
Step 4: From the subnets that you created in Step 3, assign the 1 st subnet to Administration department and 2nd subnet to IT
Department.
IPv6
Step 1: Subnet the given network and assign the 1 st, 2nd, 12th and 16th subnet to Sales, Marketing, Administration, and IT
department respectively.
Step 2: Find the 1st, 10th, 14th Host IP of the Marketing Department.
Solution
Given:
172.16.000 00000.00000000/19
Step 1: Subnet the given subnet and assign the 1st subnet to Sales department while wasting the fewest addresses.
Step 2: From the available subnets that you created in Step 1, subnet further the 2 nd subnet as per the host requirement of
Marketing department.
/23 /24
172.16.000 0001 0. 00000000
1
Step 3: From the subnets that you created in Step 2, assign the 1 st subnet to Marketing department and subnet further the 2nd
subnet as per the requirement of Administration department and IT department.
Subnetting further the 2nd /24 subnet as per the requirement of Administration department and IT department:
/24 /28
172.16.000 0001 1. 0000 0000 /28
0001
……..
1111
Step 4: From the subnets that you created in Step 3, assign the 1 st subnet to Administration department and 2nd subnet to IT
Department.
Sales
172.16.0000000 0.00000000 / 23 Network Address: 172.16.0.0/23 Subnet Mask: 255.255.254.0
0.00000001 IP Address of Host # 1: 172.16.0.1
Marketing
172.16.00000010. 00000000 /24 Network Address: 172.16.2.0/24 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Administration
172.16.00000011.0000 0000 /28 Network Address: 172.16.3.0/28 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.240
IT
172.16.00000011.0001 0000 /28 Network Address: 172.16.3.16 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.240
Given Network:
2001:211:CAFE::/48
Step 2: Find the 1st, 10th, 14th Host IP of the Marketing Department.
Marketing
1st Host IP 2001:211:CAFE:1::0/64
10th Host IP 2001:211:CAFE:1::9/64
14th Host IP 2001:211:CAFE:1::D/64