Question

Write down your assigned network address: 224.151.41.0/24

1. What is your assigned network address?

2. What is the subnet mask (dotted decimal form) for this network?

3. What is the broadcast address for this network?

4. How many addressable hosts are available for this network?

Following good network design practices, you decide to segment this network into 4 equal subnets, to be used or shared among the different Rowdy Gamerz departments: Software Development, Technical Support, Marketing/Sales, and Management & Human Resources.

5. To create 4 subnets, you must borrow how many bits from the host portion of the network? (Hint: solve 4 = 2n)

6. What is the subnet mask (dotted decimal form) for these new subnets?

Answer 1

The assigned network address is 224.151.41.0 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, broadcast of 224.151.41.255, and 254 addressable hosts. To create 4 equal-sized subnets, 2 bits are borrowed resulting in a new subnet mask of 255.255.255.192.

Step-by-step explanation:

It seems there was a typo in the network address provided as 224.151.41.0/241, which is not valid due to the subnet mask being out of range. I will assume the intended address is 224.151.41.0 with a subnet mask of /24. Given this correction:

1. Your assigned network address is 224.151.41.0.
2. The subnet mask in dotted decimal form for this network is 255.255.255.0.
3. The broadcast address for this network is 224.151.41.255.
4. There are 254 addressable hosts available for this network.
5. To create 4 subnets, you must borrow 2 bits from the host portion of the network (as 4 = 2^2).
6. The subnet mask in dotted decimal form for these new subnets becomes 255.255.255.192 (or /26).