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How many possible host ids do you always lose per network?

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Answer:

Two

Step-by-step explanation:

Remember that you always lose two host IDs per network. So, if a /24 network has two to the eight or 256 potential hosts, you really only have 256 minus two, or 254 available IPs to assign.

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