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255.0.0.0
By default Class C subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 = 24 bits for network id and 8 bits for host id. in Binary 1111 1111. 1111 1111. 1111 1111. 0000 0000 Here all 1s are Network bits and all 0s are host bits. For this subnet mask you can have 256 hosts. And you can use 254 host and asign IP address to them. By Saurabh
Subnet Mask
This assumes you know how to subnet. On a network with 190.254.0.0 as a host address and using 11 bits for the subnet mask. The network address is 190.224.0.0 and the end of the range is 190.255.255.224. The address you show is within this range so cannot be the network address. If you don't know how to work this out manually use a subnet calculator such as the one on this URL: http://www.boson.com/FreeUtilities.html
N - network bitsH - host bitsIf you are following the first octet rule, this is a class B network with a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 (N.N.H.H). We can subnet this by "borrowing" some bits from the host portion. There are 16 network bits and 16 host bits. There is a simple formula to calculate the proper subnet mask.2 to the power of what equals at least 510(2^X)? We have a total of 16 host bits to borrow from. 2^1...2^2...2^3...Etc2^9= 512 - 2 = 510 host addressesWe subtract two because the network and broadcast address are not usable addresses. As we can see we need at least 9 host bits to get 510 hosts per subnet.Take 32 and subtract it from the host bits you need. So 32-9=23. Your subnet mask now has 23 network bits instead of 16.In binary the original subnet mask would be 11111111.11111111.00000000.00000000.In binary the new subnet mask is 11111111.11111111.11111110.00000000.If you convert this into dotted decimal form you get 255.255.254.0.TLDR: 172.30.0.0 - 172.30.1.255255.255.254.0
You can borrow 6 bits. Which would create a 255.255.255.252 subnet mask, but this subnet only contains 2 usable IP addresses. 7 bits would be 255.255.255.254, but that subnet is too small to have any use in the real world.
we need to borrow 7 bits to subnet 172.16.100.0 to have at least 500 hosts and the subnet mask will be 255.255.254.0
The subnet mask. The subnet mask consists of a certain number of ones, followed by a certain number of zeroes (in binary). The ones tell you how many bits in an IP address make up the network part; the zeroes are for the host.The subnet mask. The subnet mask consists of a certain number of ones, followed by a certain number of zeroes (in binary). The ones tell you how many bits in an IP address make up the network part; the zeroes are for the host.The subnet mask. The subnet mask consists of a certain number of ones, followed by a certain number of zeroes (in binary). The ones tell you how many bits in an IP address make up the network part; the zeroes are for the host.The subnet mask. The subnet mask consists of a certain number of ones, followed by a certain number of zeroes (in binary). The ones tell you how many bits in an IP address make up the network part; the zeroes are for the host.
The subnet mask itself is an IP Address so it is also 32 bits
Subnet mask.
Moving a subnet to left to save bits is known as a supernet.
32 Bits
Since this is a class B network you have borrowed 8 bits for subnets. This leaves 8 bits left (1 octet) for clients/workstations. That gives you a maximum of 254 clients per subnet.
64 bits
Same as subnetting any other class, or a classless network. From the bits originally reserved for the host (16 bits, in the case of a class B address), you "borrow" some bits, that is, you use them to specify the subnet. The remaining bits specify an individual host within a subnet.
There are 16 bits available; it is up to you how many of those bits you reserve for the subnet, and how many for the individual hosts within each subnet.
The subnet mask - expressed in binary - starts with a number of ones, followed by zeros. If (for example) the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, this can also be written as /24 - that means that the first 24 bits are ones. In this example, that means that the first 24 bits of the IP address (in this case, exactly 3 bytes) are shared by all devices in the same subnet. So, if your IP address is 200.3.85.7, and the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, all other computers in the same subnet will also start with 200.3.85.