Question

Network 192.168.0.0 /16 is a private address pool. How many networks of 62 hosts can be created from it. (Include the first and last networks)

Answer 1

1024

Step-by-step explanation:

In the given network 192.168.0.0/16 there are 16 network bits and remaining 16 bits out of 32 bits can serve as host bits.

Now 62 hosts can be accomodated in 6 bits since
`2^(5)< 62<2^(6)`. Thus out of 16 hosts bits only 6 are needed to accomodate 62 hosts.

Therefore remaining 10 bits can be used to define other network address within the main network address.

So there can be total
`2^(10)= 1024` networks of 62 hosts.