Idea for a study aid

Like a lot of people, my hardest section is the numbers. Subnetting, supernetting, etc. I had a thought, and it might be imposing on you kind volunteers...but what about we use the thread to post quiz questions. Not intricate, just questions that are barebones that we can practice with.

My idea goes like this, we provide enough simple to hard subnetting questions, and then the answers. When there are enough, break it out into a study guide type thing like on the front page of the forum, with an answer sheet at the end. During the process, all the answers would be verified, because we all look to prove the answers right.

I'll start with an example from my notebook(not sure where it came from)

What is the broadcast address for the following:
12.32.0.0 /12

See, quick and easy, and if we had a couple hundred of these, by the time one finished with them they would be quite proficient. I know there are companies that offer these for sale, but since we have so many volunteers, why not utilize them. There are study sections here full of other stuff, but I know this is a sticking point for many people, and I know at least two people who failed the ccna just on this topic.

So, what do you say guys?

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williamwbishop

Next question:

Using a standard class B address, what subnet mask would you use to get 300 subnets?

williamwbishop

I thought I'd put out some numbers to convert, I found that doing a lot of these by hand made me a lot faster....

convert the following number sets to binary:
127
32
252
129
14
8
240
243
34
56
77
91
255
81
17
190

convert the following decimal numbers to hexidecimal
900
14
128
72
255
32
716
19
128
77
41
38

convert the following binary numbers to hexadecimal
11111011
00001110
00100000
10010001
10101110
11011011
10001000
10010110
10101111
11000000

TranscenderMichael

Probably a good idea to time yourself as well - you want to be able to do conversions quickly because they don't give you a lot of time on the exam.

williamwbishop

Nobody has anything to add? Maybe some questions problems for us to solve?

MainframeOS390

Here's a good one

is this a valid class C IP? why?

192.168.24.59/30

Deeter

williamwbishop wrote:

Next question:

Using a standard class B address, what subnet mask would you use to get 300 subnets?

I hope this is right . . .

Class B:
/25 or 255.255.255.128
2^9 = 512 Subnets (2^8=256 < 300 < 2^9 = 512)
2^7-2 = 126 Valid Hosts

MainframeOS390

Deeter wrote:

williamwbishop wrote:

Next question:

Using a standard class B address, what subnet mask would you use to get 300 subnets?

I hope this is right . . .

Class B:
/25 or 255.255.255.128
2^9 = 512 Subnets (2^8=256 < 300 < 2^9 = 512)
2^7-2 = 126 Valid Hosts

255.255.128.0 =510 subs 126 hosts (if using older ip standards)

Deeter

MainframeOS390 wrote:

Deeter wrote:

williamwbishop wrote:

Next question:

Using a standard class B address, what subnet mask would you use to get 300 subnets?

I hope this is right . . .

Class B:
/25 or 255.255.255.128
2^9 = 512 Subnets (2^8=256 < 300 < 2^9 = 512)
2^7-2 = 126 Valid Hosts

255.255.128.0 =510 subs 126 hosts (if using older ip standards)

True, but we're now in the brave new world of ip subnet-zero.

(Or so sayeth Todd Lammle.)

MainframeOS390

True, but we're now in the brave new world of ip subnet-zero.

(Or so sayeth Todd Lammle.)[/quote]

I don't know if the CCNA exam honor ip subnet-zero, but the CCNP does

williamwbishop

From the feedback from friends, they do not. It seems that 2^2-2 is still in practice for the ccna exam.

MainframeOS390

williamwbishop wrote:

From the feedback from friends, they do not. It seems that 2^2-2 is still in practice for the ccna exam.

I do think there are a couple of them depending on which exam you receive, but the term 'subnet-zero' will be specified.

TranscenderMichael

Best bet is to expect either. Most likely, they won't ask you to choose between two "possibly correct" choices.

williamwbishop

TranscenderMichael wrote:

Best bet is to expect either. Most likely, they won't ask you to choose between two "possibly correct" choices.

If they didn't that would be the first cert exam I've taken that didn't.

TranscenderMichael

williamwbishop wrote:

TranscenderMichael wrote:

Best bet is to expect either. Most likely, they won't ask you to choose between two "possibly correct" choices.

If they didn't that would be the first cert exam I've taken that didn't.

*laughing* Well said.

I meant, regarding choosing between subnet-zero and no subnet-zero.

heeheehee!