Question

a network on the internet has a subnet mask of 255.255.240.0.what is the maximum number of hosts it can handle?

Answer 1

4094 hosts

Step-by-step explanation:

In a network,

Number of hosts is (2^host no -2)

We have subtracted 2 because out of these hosts two are used in broadcasting and other purposes.

Host number is equal to the 0's in the Subnet mask

255.255.240.0

convert this into binary number i.e

11111111.11111111.11110000.00000000

So,12 0's are there

Number of valid hosts= 2^12 -2

= 4096-2

= 4094