Assignment Data Communications and Networks

IP Addressing and Subnetting

1. Write the default Masks for the Class A, Class B and Class C IP addresses.

2. How we can distinguish Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E IP addresses from each
other. Write the range of first octet in decimal and Binary for all the 5 IP address classes

3. Write the default subnet Masks for the following IP addresses:

a. 159.65.225.4
b. 221.35.20.18
c. 110.7.80.0

4. Write down the three available ranges for assigning Private IP addresses recommended by IANA
(Internet Assigned Number Authority).

5. What is the difference between a broadcast address and Network address? Why the all zeros
and all ones addresses are not assigned as host IP addresses?

6. A subnet mask is used to distinguish how many bits are there in Network ID portion and how
many are in host ID portion. We can extract the Network Address from the given IP address
using the mask. (Assume that no subnetting is done). Extract the network address from the
following IP addresses:
a. 13.65.22.4
b. 211.35.20.18
c. 180.47.11.6

7. A broadcast address is the one that addresses to all the hosts in any network. State that to create a
broadcast address, all the bits of network ID portion or all the bits of host ID portion are set to 1?
Write down the broadcast addresses of the networks to which the following IP addresses belong.
(No subnetting)
a. 139.65.225.4
b. 201.35.20.18
c. 190.47.115.6

8. Subnet Mask or Custom mask tells us that how many bits are used for Subnet ID portion and how
many for host ID portion. Identify how many bits are used for subnetting in the following IP
address using its subnet mask:
a. IP Address: 139.65.225.4 Subnet Mask: 255.255.224.0
b. IP Address: 201.35.20.18 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.240
c. IP Address: 190.47.115.6 Subnet Mask: 255.255.252.0

9. Extract the Network Addresses of the given IP addresses in question number 8, using the subnet
masks given with them. (Remember that ANDing the IP address with the Mask extracts the
network address from the given IP address).

10. Which of the following Subnet masks would allow a class B network to allow subnets to have up
to 150 hosts and allow for up to 164 subnets?
a. 255.0.0.0
b. 255.255.0.0
c. 255.255.255.0
d. 255.255.192.0
e. 255.255.240.0
f. 255.255.252.0

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11. Which of the following Subnet masks would allow a class A network to allow subnets to have up
to 150 hosts and allow for up to 164 subnets?
a. 255.0.0.0
b. 255.255.0.0
c. 255.255.255.0
d. 255.255.192.0
e. 255.255.240.0
f. 255.255.252.0

12. Suppose you have a class B Network 172.121.0.0. Your task is to design a subnet scheme so that
we can create 130 Network segments (subnets) within this Network.
a. How many bits would you use for the subnet ID?
b. How many bits would you use for the Host ID?
c. How many maximum possible subnets will be there?
d. How many maximum possible hosts will be there in each subnet?
e. Write down the Subnet Mask of your scheme.
f. Write down the first valid IP address, last valid IP address and the broadcast address
of the Third subnet of your scheme.

13. Suppose you have a class C Network 200.94.115.0. Your task is to design a subnet scheme so
that we can create 14 Network segments (subnets) within this Network. Each subnet should
support 10-12 hosts.
a. How many bits would you use for the subnet ID?
b. How many bits would you use for the Host ID?
c. How many maximum possible subnets will be there?
d. How many maximum possible hosts will be there in each subnet?
e. Write down the Subnet Mask of your scheme.
f. Write down All the valid IP addresses, the broadcast address of the First subnet of your
scheme.

14. Suppose you have a class C Network 200.94.115.0. Your task is to design a subnet scheme so
that we can create 28 Network segments (subnets) within this Network. Each subnet should
support hosts as given below.
 2 Network Segment support 30 Hosts
 4 Network Segment support 14 Hosts
 8 Network Segment support 6 Hosts
 14 Network Segment support 2 Hosts

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