Question

An administrator is working with the network, which has been subnetted with a /27 mask. Which two addresses can be assigned to hosts within the same subnet? (Choose two) Identify the assignable addresses within the specified subnet.

Answer 1

Assignable IP addresses within a /27 subnet are those between the network address and the broadcast address, excluding these two. For example, if the network address is 192.168.1.32, assignable addresses include 192.168.1.33 to 192.168.1.62.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question involves determining assignable IP addresses within a subnet that uses a /27 subnet mask. In binary, a /27 subnet mask corresponds to 27 '1' bits and therefore 5 '0' bits for the host portion. The mask is 255.255.255.224 in decimal notation. Given a particular network, we can use any address for hosts between the subnet network address and the broadcast address of that subnet, excluding those two specific addresses. If the subnet address is, for instance, 192.168.1.32, the first assignable address to a host would be 192.168.1.33 and the last assignable address before the broadcast (192.168.1.63) would be 192.168.1.62.