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I am new to networking. I was wondering if it is possible to subnet an IP from my ISP multiple times with different netmasks.

For example, if I was given the IP block 141.13.0.0/16. Can I subnet this to something like 141.13.0.0/22 and use it for one department and then subnet that same IP block a second time to something like 141.13.0.0/27 and used it for another department?

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  • Both answers (so far) are correct because your examples overlap. While you can't have a 141.13.0.0/22 and a 141.13.0.0/27, you could have (for example) a 141.13.0.0/22 and a 141.13.4.0/27.
    – YLearn
    Feb 24, 2018 at 6:10
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No, IP addresses need to be unique (like telephone numbers). You can subnet your /16 network into 64 /22 subnets.

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Yes, you can subnet it any way you like, but if you want to advertise the subnets, you cannot advertise any network prefix longer than /24. That doesn't mean you can't subnet and use it as you like and only advertise the summary.

You could have something like:

  • One /17 (141.13.0.0/17)
  • One /18 (141.13.128.0/18)
  • Two /19 (141.13.192.0/19 and 141.13.224.0/19)

or any combination that adds up to the full /16.

Since the RIRs have run out of IPv4 addresses to assign to ISPs, getting a prefix as small as /16 will be pretty expensive.

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