This makes no sesne, how did they get this answer for hosts?

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Q: Question: How many subnets and hosts per subnet can you get from the network 172.29.0.0/25?

A: Answer: 512 subnets and 126 hosts

If you convert the following to binary:

255.255.0.0              11111111.11111111.00000000.00000000
255.255.255.128        11111111.11111111.11111111.10000000

It is my understanding that you take the bits where they don't match up from the default subnet mask and the prefix notation and use that to get the subnets and then to get the hosts, you subtract 2 (because of the network and broadcast address).

2^9 = 512 for subnets
512 - 2 for the hosts = 510

I have no clue how they are getting 126 for host.

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Blackout

/25 in binary is 11111111.11111111.11111111.10000000

256x2= 512 Networks
64x2-2=126 Hosts

earweed

2^9 = 512 (class B with /25 has 9 subnet bits)
7 bits left for hosts 2^7=128.. (2^n - 2)..128-2=126

JockVSJock

earweed wrote: »

2^9 = 512 (class B with /25 has 9 subnet bits)
7 bits left for hosts 2^7=128.. (2^n - 2)..128-2=126

Help me understand this.

I used Chris B's method for the following problem and got the answer correct:

Question: How many subnets and hosts per subnet can you get from the network 192.168.47.0 255.255.255.240?

Answer: 16 subnets and 14 hosts

I basically used his method of where bits do not match up, just take them 2^n for the subnet and then subtract 2 to get the hosts.

For some of the problems, his method won't work. How can I tell when I can use this method and it will work, and when I'll have to figure out what bits are left, use 2^n - 2.

Does that make sense?

earweed

You need to remember that the subnet and host bits are different. For that question 192.168.47.0 255.255.255.240 it's a class c address which means all the bits occupied by the subnet (4th octet) are used for the 2^n for the subnets for this question to get the subnets you look at 11111111.11111111.11111111.11110000 so 2^4 is 16 whereas for the hosts you look at whats left over ie the last 4 zeros which you will use for your 2^n-2 or 2^4-2. Remember that when calculating the host you look at the binary of the subnet mask and use the zeros there to calculate the number of hosts.

gramacorp

There is two different formulas

For the bits turned on use 2^n to find the number of networks
/28 11111111.11111111.11111111.11110000
2^4=16

For the bits turned off use 2^n-2 to find the number of host
/28 11111111.11111111.11111111.11110000
2^4-2=14

Hope this helps?

Priston

You don't use n to find host.
You use n to find networks and h to find host

formula for host is: 2^h - 2

h is your host bits which are the number of zeros. In this case, 7
11111111.11111111.11111111.10000000

2^7 - 2 = 126

formula for networks is: 2^n

n is your network bits which are the number of zeros that have been converted to ones. In this case, 9
11111111.11111111.00000000.00000000
11111111.11111111.11111111.10000000

2^9 = 512

j-man

Have you checked out the Subnetting is Easy thread or whatever it's called? Great source of information and banter.

Question: How many subnets and hosts per subnet can you get from the network 192.168.47.0 255.255.255.240?
Answer: 16 subnets and 14 hosts

1) Determine what network class you are working with. In this case it's a class C
2) The default subnet mask for a class C is what? That's right 255.255.255.0
3) The question is asking for a 255.255.255.240 so convert into slash which is /28
11111111.11111111.11111111.11110000
4) Count the number of bold bits. 2^4 = 16 which is 16 subnets
5) Now count the bits set to 0
11111111.11111111.11111111.11110000
How many are there? 4. For hosts subtract 2 so 2^4 = 16 minus 2 = 14 hosts

You should be able to use this method to solve most subnetting questions involving number of subnets and hosts.

Hope this helps