How do I solve this sub question?

I tried the Jeremy CBT Nuggets way but not getting the right answer, thx.

Question: You are designing a subnet mask for the 172.29.0.0 network. You want 210 subnets with up to 240 hosts on each subnet. What subnet mask should you use?

Answer: 255.255.255.0

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jovan88

what answer are you getting?

tech-airman

SurferdudeHB wrote: »

I tried the Jeremy CBT Nuggets way but not getting the right answer, thx.

Question: You are designing a subnet mask for the 172.29.0.0 network. You want 210 subnets with up to 240 hosts on each subnet. What subnet mask should you use?

Answer: 255.255.255.0

SurferdudeHB,

What class is that network address?

SurferdudeHB

jovan88 wrote: »

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SurferdudeHB

tech-airman wrote: »

SurferdudeHB,

What class is that network address?

Class B

froufrou123

Answer 'd be 255.255.255.0

11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000

The borrowed 1's give u 2^8 while the host 0's also give u 2^8. Suffice both.

jojopramos

172.29.0.0 for 210 subnets and 240 host. 172 = class B 255.255.0.0.

2^8 = 256 subnet for borrowed subnet bits 11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000
2^8 = 256 -2 = 254 for the remaining zero bits (host bits)

so it will give you 256 subnet and 254 host each subnet, suffice for the requirement of 210 subnet and 240 host each subnet.

172.29.0.0 / 24

tech-airman

SurferdudeHB wrote: »

Class B

SurferdudeHB,

What is the default mask for a Class B network?

TheVirus

jojopramos wrote: »

172.29.0.0 for 210 subnets and 240 host. 172 = class B 255.255.0.0.

2^8 = 256 subnet for borrowed subnet bits 11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000
2^8 = 256 -2 = 254 for the remaining zero bits (host bits)

so it will give you 256 subnet and 254 host each subnet, suffice for the requirement of 210 subnet and 240 host each subnet.

172.29.0.0 / 24

His question says 'up to' 240 hosts. 254 > 240, so that doesn't work. From the question, I gather it means it needs 0-240 hosts and no more. Unless it says 'at least' 240.

wbosher

TheVirus wrote: »

His question says 'up to' 240 hosts. 254 > 240, so that doesn't work. From the question, I gather it means it needs 0-240 hosts and no more. Unless it says 'at least' 240.

It also says You want 210 subnets , not You want between 210 and 256 subnets.

You can't create a mask for exactly 240 hosts, and the next smallest option is only 126 (128-2).

The /24 mask is perfect.

mella060

Pretty simple really...save the hosts...

Well you know straight of the bat that it is a class b address...

Ok so you need to allow for up to 240 hosts on each subnet...so how many host bits will give you 240 hosts ?

2^x - 2...where x is the number of host bits that you need...

2^7 - 2 = 128 - 2 = 126...will that give you the required number of host addresses ?....ummmmm no

2^8 - 2 = 256 - 2 = 254...that gives you 254 hosts for each subnet which is fine...that is what the question requires

Now you need 210 subnets...using the formula to work out the number of subnets (2^x)...how many subnet bits will you need ?

lets see...2^7 = 128 subnets...does that sound ok ?....ummmm no

2^8 = 256 subnets...which gives you the required number of subnets

So need 8 host bits and 8 subnet bits...

Default class b subnet mask is 255.255.0.0...11111111.11111111.00000000.00000000

For 8 host bits we need 8 zero's
For 8 subnet bits we need 8 one's

255.255.255.0...11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000

MosGuy

The answer has already been explained by others. Jeremy's method does work fine. I can see where the OP likely got confused, since Jeremy would have rounded up the chart: 256 128 64.. They likely thought it took 9 bits instead of putting the first bit under the 128 column. A simple slip can certainly throw off calculations

SurferdudeHB

tech-airman wrote: »

surferdudehb,

what is the default mask for a class b network?

255.255.0.0

tech-airman

SurferdudeHB wrote: »

255.255.0.0

Since you need at least 210 subnets, how many subnet bits do you need to borrow from the host portion of the 172.29.0.0 network?

SurferdudeHB

tech-airman wrote: »

Since you need at least 210 subnets, how many subnet bits do you need to borrow from the host portion of the 172.29.0.0 network?

256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 8 bits

What I don't understand is Jeremy has for binary 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 <-- there is a 1 in his method..

froufrou123

^it starts from 0 as exponent. 2^0 = 1

MosGuy

As mentioned that's because its 2^0. Anything to the power of zero equals one. The theory behind why that is, isn't important as far as networking goes. Only to remember that it starts at one.

tech-airman

SurferdudeHB wrote: »

256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 8 bits

What I don't understand is Jeremy has for binary 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 <-- there is a 1 in his method..

SurferdudeHB,

Technically, your answer is correct with 8 bits, however I don't understand the "256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2" part.

To calculate how may bits you need to borrow to create subnets, from the network, is to borrow one bit, see if that's enough. If it's enough, then step. If it's not enough, keep borrowing.

Since you said the default mask for a Class B network is 255.255.0.0, let's start from there...

Borrowing one bit

255.255.|1|000000.00000000
255.255.128.0

That creates two possible subnets because the one subnet bit can be either of two values, 0 or 1. So is 2 subnets equal to or greater than 210 subnets (as the design requires)? No, so keep borrowing.

So:
if you borrow 2 bits, thats 2 x 2 = 4 subnets.
if you borrow 3 bits, thats 2 x 2 x 2 = 8 subnets.
if you borrow 4 bits, thats 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 16 subnets.
...
if you borrow 8 bits, that's 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 256 subnets. That's enough for the 210 subnet requirement.

So, for the subnet requirement standpoint, the subnet mask can be 255.255.255.0.

Now, to double check, your design has a 240 hosts per subnet requirement. Since there's 8 bits left in the host portion of your subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, that allows 254 valid host addresses, so 255.255.255.0 is the answer that meets your: 1) 210 subnet requirement and 2) 240 hosts per subnet requirement.

See how it's possible to answer your own question?