CSIT 127 – Tutorial 5 Solutions
Question 1 – Binary conversion, class and default subnet mask
IP Address Binary Class Default Mask
[Link] 00001000.11111010.00000101.00000001 A [Link] (/8)
[Link] 10011100.00001010.00010001.00000000 B [Link] (/16)
[Link] 11000000.10101000.00000010.00000000 C [Link] (/24)
[Link] 10010001.00010001.00001001.00000001 B [Link] (/16)
Question 2 – Network & Host address (bitwise AND)
1) [Link] (Class B, mask [Link])
Network Address: [Link]
Host Address: [Link]
2) [Link] (Class C, mask [Link])
Network Address: [Link]
Host Address: [Link]
Question 3 – Subnet design
Item Company A Company B
Address Class A B
Default Mask [Link] [Link]
Required Subnets 1000 2000
Required Hosts 10000 15
Bits Borrowed 10 11
Custom Mask [Link] (/18) [Link] (/29)
Usable Hosts/Subnet 16382 6
Question 4 – 4 subnets with 15000 hosts each (/18)
Network bits: 16, Subnet bits: 2, Host bits: 14
Subnet Mask: [Link] (/18)
Subnet Subnet Address First Host Last Host Broadcast
1 [Link] [Link] [Link] [Link]
2 [Link] [Link] [Link] [Link]
3 [Link] [Link] [Link] [Link]
4 [Link] [Link] [Link] [Link]