Question

In the equation 2n - 2 = # of Hosts Addresses Required, what does the n stand for?

Group of answer choices

Answer 1

N is the number of bits used to subnet

Step-by-step explanation:

For example if n = 3 then according to the formula 2^n-2 = #, we apply the value of n here.

2^3-2 = #,

So, 8-2 = 6. So now the value of # is 6 ie. we can create 6 subnets if the value of ‘n is 3’.

The given formula 2^n-2 = # help us to calculate the number subnet that we can obtain.

The same formula can be used to calculate the “number of hosts”. All these are used to calculate IP address which includes the “number of hosts and the subnets”.