Answer to Question #201991 in Computer Networks for Muqeet Waraich

Question

Ex [08 Marks]

A Network administrator has been given a range of Class C IP address 192.168.1.0 /24. He has to design a network considering the requirement given below. Each department will get one subnet. Write down all the subnets.                   

Admin: 10 users, Operations: 18 users, Supply Chain: 3 users, IT: 14 users, HR: 5 users,

Branch Office1: 35 users, Branch Office2: 15 users

Answer 1

Given,

IP address for the class C$=192.168.1.0 /24$

Required hosts are listed below

Admin: 10 users,

Operations: 18 users,

Supply Chain: 3 users,

IT: 14 users,

HR: 5 users,

Branch Office1: 35 users,

Branch Office2: 15 users

We can write it in the decreasing order of the hosts, 35, 18, 15, 14, 10, 5, 3

Hence the sub-net address are listed below -

1)192.168.1.0 / 26 ---> for Branch Office1(2) 192.168.1.01000000 = 192.168.1.64 / 27 ---> for Operations

(3)192.168.1.64 / 27 ---> for Branch Office2

(4)192.168.1.128 / 28 ---> for IT

(5)192.168.1.144 / 28 ---> for Admin

(6)192.168.1.160 / 29 ---> for HR

(7)192.168.1.168 / 29 ----> for Supply Chain