Fall 2014 Computer Communication Networks

HW#9 (Due date: 2014/12/26)

Question 1:
Create a system of three LANs with four bridges. The bridges (B1 to B4)
connect the LANs as follows:
a. B1 connects LAN 1 and LAN 2.
b. B2 connects LAN 1 and LAN 3.
c. B3 connects LAN 2 and LAN 3.
d. B4 connects LAN 1, LAN 2 and LAN 3.
Choose B1 as the root bridge. Show the forwarding and blocking ports,
after applying the spanning tree procedure.
Question 2:
An Organization is granted the block 16.0.0.0/8. The administrator wants
to create 500 fixed-length subnets.
a. Find the subnet mask.
b. Find the number of addresses in each subnet.
c. Find the first and last addresses in subnet 1.
d. Find the first and last addresses in subnet 500.
Question 3:
Find the topology of the network if the following is the routing table for
R1.
Mask
Network
Next-Hop
Interface
Address
Address
/27
202.14.17.224
N/A
m1
/18
145.23.192.0
N/A
m0
Default
Default
130.56.12.4
m2

Please answer the questions in your own words.