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A network administrator has received the IPv6 prefix 2001:DB8::/48 for subnetting. Assuming the administrator does not subnet into the interface ID portion of the address space, how many subnets can the administrator create from the /48 prefix?

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Answer:

subnets=65536

Step-by-step explanation:

As we know that,

-->interface ID portion of address starts from 64

--> we have 48 network prefix

so

available bits for subnet are = 64-48= 16

so with 16 bit address we can create subnet = 2^16 = 65535

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