Final answer:
To determine the Network ID, perform a bitwise AND operation between the Host IP address and the Subnet mask. The total number of usable hosts is 2046 and the range of usable host IPs is from 14.46.64.1 to 14.46.79.254. This IP address belongs to Class A and the CIDR notation is 14.46.64.0/19.
Step-by-step explanation:
To determine the Network ID, we need to perform a bitwise AND operation between the Host IP address and the Subnet mask. Each octet of the IP address and subnet mask is converted into binary form and then ANDed together. The result is the Network ID.
Host IP address: 14.46.89.202 (00001110.00101110.01011001.11001010)
Subnet mask: 255.255.224.0 (11111111.11111111.11100000.00000000)
Network ID: 14.46.64.0 (00001110.00101110.01000000.00000000)
The total number of usable hosts can be calculated using the formula 2^(number of 0s in the subnet mask) - 2. In this case, there are 11 zeros in the subnet mask, so the total number of usable hosts is 2^(11) - 2 = 2046.
The range of usable host IPs is from the Network ID + 1 to the Network ID + total number of usable hosts. In this case, the range is from 14.46.64.1 to 14.46.79.254.
This IP address belongs to Class A because it falls within the range 1.0.0.0 to 126.0.0.0. The CIDR notation for this subnet is 14.46.64.0/19.