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Subnetting Speed
tr1x
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I can finally subnet (well, mostly), I don't think I'm particularly fast though. How fast do you need to be for the CCENT? What were your strategies to do it faster? I find that if I write down 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 on a piece of paper it helps me to calculate stuff a bit faster. Is that bad, though? Do I need to be able to do it entirely in my head without writing anything down?
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Optionsantohesorin
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Well i wrote it on the piece of paper they gave me when i took my CCENT exam just before the exam start, there will be a 15 minutes exam tutorial just before you can start the exam, you have plenty of time to write stuff down that will help you.
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Optionstr1x
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Oh great, that's good to know. How much did you actually use the paper during the test? Did you mostly just calculate everything in your head? How much did you use your calculator (you can use the basic Microsoft one during the rest, right?)
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Futura
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I can finally subnet (well, mostly), I don't think I'm particularly fast though. How fast do you need to be for the CCENT? What were your strategies to do it faster? I find that if I write down 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 on a piece of paper it helps me to calculate stuff a bit faster. Is that bad, though? Do I need to be able to do it entirely in my head without writing anything down?
You won't need to work it out with bits of paper, its like driving in my opinion, do it enough and you'll just see the answers.
have a break from it every so often and reflect. this worked for me.
Once you have it down, its one less thing to worry about and you know you've got some guaranteed points by subnetting. questions are a lottery but you know theres going to be some subnetting questions.
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I didn't use it much since most subnets where easy to do but i did use it for some class b subneting. As for the calculator, i saw no such thing but that said i didn't even need it. I agree with Futura, if you do enough tests you will just fly over the subnets questions.Oh great, that's good to know. How much did you actually use the paper during the test? Did you mostly just calculate everything in your head? How much did you use your calculator (you can use the basic Microsoft one during the rest, right?)
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I think people overblow this. Let's see...I can finally subnet (well, mostly), I don't think I'm particularly fast though. How fast do you need to be for the CCENT?
Q. You're assigned 10.1.1.0/24. You want to find a subnet mask that provides as many subnets as possible that allows at least ten devices per subnet. What's the mask and the first few subnet numbers?
A. You need 4 subnet bits (2^n - 2 > 10, min n = 4). Therefore, you want a /28 mask (32-4=2
and we count by 16s (2^4=16). 10.1.1.0, 10.1.1.16, 10.1.1.32...
Hm. It took me 5 seconds to solve, 60s to write out and explain it. I'd say aim to solve it within 30-60s. That's fine for exam constraints, and more than a minute would look bad in an interview.
You should be able to grasp /8, /16, /24, and /32 immediately of course.
Practice, young Padawan.What were your strategies to do it faster?
That's fine. Even for an experienced guy at an interview. Double-checking your work is wise!I find that if I write down 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 on a piece of paper it helps me to calculate stuff a bit faster. Is that bad, though? -
Optionspoojajoshi
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Assuming a Subnet mask of 255.255.248.0,three of d following addresses are valid host addresses.Which are these addresses?(choose 3)
1)172.16.9.0
2)172.16.8.0
3)172.16.31.0
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Optionssratakhin
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You passed CCNA yet you can't figure it out? The right answers are 1, 3 and 4. 172.16.8.0 is a subnet.
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elderkai
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1)172.16.9.0
3)172.16.31.0
4)172.16.20.0
I wouldn't use any of those as host addresses. They are too likely to introduce confusion. Using these would be a case of book-smart but not street-smart. -
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mguy
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What elderkai said, not allowed to use calculator.
CCNA tests "applied" subnetting skills in the form of VLSMs and network summarization. You must ascertain to bounds of the networks. -
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2 NetworkVeteran: would you use something like 172.16.9.255 or does the same logic apply?
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I would generally avoid addresses ending in both .0 and .255 as host addresses, because I have seen first-hand the confusion unexpected addresses can cause even experienced engineers. With private addresses such as in the example, you can almost always afford that small bit of waste.2 NetworkVeteran: would you use something like 172.16.9.255 or does the same logic apply?
I've even seen confusion when using the all-zeores and all-ones subnets, but that's less common, and enough addresses are involved that using them sometimes can't be avoided. -
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i got Ans. but little bit confusion abt 172.16.8.0 network..
i'm not passed CCNA just learning (exam preparation)
thankx for give me reply to thread...!!!!
