Questions tagged [subnet]
Questions relating to IP subnetting, including planning, calculation and best practices.
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How to setup dual WAN & two LAN Networks correctly? [on hold]
We've just been switched from ISDN to SIP.
Since the guy who installed and configured the phone system does not have a lot of experience in setting up LAN networks, we need to do it ourselves.
My ...
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Are these two private subnets completely isolated from each other?
Im trying to set up a subnet address range in my local network but the private address ranges of
172.16.1.1
192.168.1.1
10.1.10.1
are all already being used.
So I was wondering,
if I make this ...
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Bringing two different hosts each in two different subnets into a same subnet
Physical Network: 11.11.10.0(mask:255.255.248)
Subnet A 1 :11.11.10.0 IP A: 11.11.10.4 (mask:255.255.248 and 6 hosts)
Subnet B 2 :11.11.10.8 IP B: 11.11.10.11(mask:255.255.248 and 6 hosts)
Hi ...
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Self-Test of a PMC CARD [on hold]
Is it possible to initiate a IP to IP connection between two ethernet ports of a PMC (PCI Mezzanine Card) card?
A physical network is divided into two subnets having 2 host each. These two ports are ...
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Meaningless bits in CIDR notation
Is specifying meaningless bits valid syntax in CIDR notation? For instance, the netmask of 192.168.13.0/16 is 255.255.0.0. In this case, the last two octets (00001101 00000000) are meaningless because ...
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Broadcast link vs. point-to-point links
What is the distinction between broadcast links and point-to-point links? In the paragraph below, the author switches between "broadcast link" and "broadcast network" which is causing my confusion..is ...
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How to do subnetting on IPV6 for non nibble boundaries?
As I was reading this article on How to: calculating IPv6 subnets outside the nibble boundary https://blog.apnic.net/2018/08/10/how-to-calculating-ipv6-subnets-outside-the-nibble-boundary/
The author ...
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Can you get more than 128 hosts with /25 mask? [duplicate]
I had an exam, and we were given an IP 199.177.63.0/25 and were asked to create two subnets of 66 and 10 hosts. Would first subnet already take 128 addresses?
Sorry for stupid question.
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How do I find the number of IP addresses between two given IP addresses? [duplicate]
How would I find the number of IP addresses from 224.65.0.0 to 225.127.255.255?
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Why can't we have duplicated IPs?
This may be a really dumb question, but I like to turn upside down what I already know sometimes, that way I can learn more.
For example, given a network 192.168.0.0/24, I have a device inside with ...
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How many public static ips do one need if a PC is behind a wireless router?
If a PC is connected to internet through a wireless router.
How many public static ips do one got to get from the ISP.
Do the router and PC both require one static IP.
What if I want to add more PC ...
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How is it possible to create 6 subnets? [duplicate]
The following task presents me with an insurmountable obstacle...
Given is the following:
IP: 192.168.40.0
Subnetmask: 255.255.252.0
Task:
Form 6 subnets over this network and enter ...
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Finding number of host and network [duplicate]
Can someone explain to me how to do this homework question. I am confused on whether it should be 1022 host or 1022 networks:
I allocate 10 bits as subnet number to identify a physical network, then ...
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Varible Length Subnet Masking - Smaller subnet with two larger subnets on each side?
Background:
I'm redesigning a network of virtual machines. The virtual machines are all on 10.0.2.0/24 and 10.0.3.0/29 networks, the physical network is a 172.32.255.225/28 network, which stands ...
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Carving out a /28 network and still maintaining access to parent /24 network
In the diagram below, I'd like to carve out a /28 network from 192.168.0.0/24 and move it to another geographical location and still maintain access in and out of the original /24 network.
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What would be the router's gateway IP address that is connected to a network containing two smaller networks [duplicate]
Assuming that we can use any available public address, we have two separate subnet masks 255.254.0.0 which contains 131,070 usable addresses (IP range 126.240.0.1-126.241.255.254) and 255.255.128.0 ...
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class B Network subnetting Clarification [duplicate]
can anyone help on network subnetting, A class B network the ip address is 128.211.0.0/16 which means the subnet mask is 255.255.0.0
i want to create 20 subnet network from that the IP address 128....
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Same Vlan Name / ID on different switches network subnet same or different?
I have several switches (some on same floor and another on other floors) all connected to core layer 3 switches through trunk links.
One of the vlan id / name is repeated along the switches. May I ...
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Is this computer a threat? On same network range, but in a workgroup
We have a normal on-premise Class C network with an internal IP address scheme of 192.168.15.x (hypothetical). We have a SonicWALL device that acts as a VPN server for external clients, a DHCP server ...
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Confused in the concept of subnetting [duplicate]
I am doing sub netting and want to confirm that if my method is correct or not. Suppose we are to design a network that has 2 departments. Department 1 has 32 number of hosts and department 2 has 64 ...
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Connection between two networks with different IPs and identical subnets?
How can we establish communication between two networks with different IPs but same Subnets?
Network Connection 1: (Factory Network for machinery)
I.P = 192.168.19.X
S.N = 255.255.255.0
G.W = 0.0.0.0
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Routes stopped redistributing through OSPF
I was entering a number of secondary addresses on some VLANs. In total there were 10 secondary addresses added.
The subnets added were from three publically routable /24s (I will call them 25.0/24, ...
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How to route a specific users IP from WAN to a specific host IP on a subnet OPT1 (pfsense)
I host a game server, Players and Devs use the same launcher/client that has hard coded ports (5555) that cannot be changed. (No Configuration Files) How would I route Devs to the Development Server [...
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How to tell apart the type of the mask(subnet-supernet-net mask)
Say we have the the IP address 10.2.8.230/24
Anyone could say the following:
It just represents a normal network:10.2.8.0/24
Or it is a subnet because normally this IP address is in the class A ...
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Subnet an IP addres to 4 equal subnets [duplicate]
If a subnet address is given as 192.168.10.0/25
How can i subnet the network into four equally sized networks and give the new network addresses along with the subnet mask and state the number of ...
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Host address not host range? [duplicate]
can someone explain to me how to get the host address? I understand how to get the subnet answer but not the host address, and majority of the google searches / videos always give me the host answer ...
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Subnetting - IP Address Classes [duplicate]
I've been trying to get my head around subnetting but seems to be getting confusing with the classes and IP ranges within that class.
Example:
IP Decimal:10.2.225.234/22
IP Binary:00001010 00000010 ...
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Why do Vlans need routers to communicate?
Why do devices on two separate VLANs (Virtual LANs) implemented on the same switch require a router to communicate?
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Question about subnetting [duplicate]
If i have a network 172.16.100.0 /22,
How can i subnet in in order to have
2 networks of 32 IP addresses
5 networks of 64 IP addresses
3 networks of 128 IP addresses
1 networks of 256 IP ...
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Given an IP address and a subet mask, how do I find the max number of subnets and usable host IP's? [duplicate]
my question is based on an IP address and a subnet, how can I find the maximum number of subnets and the number of usable host IP address per subnet. This is all IPv4 if that helps.
For example if I ...
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Why can't devices on different VLANs, but on the same subnet, communicate?
I have a question about switching. I have two devices connected to a switch with IP addresses 192.168.5.20 and 192.168.5.10. Both devices have the same prefix, /24. That means they are on the same ...
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Confused about subnet masking [duplicate]
I've been reading up on CIDR and subnet masking and I am having a hard time figuring it out.
I stumbled upon this question, and even though I have the solution I cannot figure it out.
Consider a ...
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Do VLANs within a subnet need to have their own subnet for router on a stick?
I have been creating a network lab in packet tracer for practice. I have 3 vlans in subnet A and I am trying to configure router on a stick at gig6/0 on the bottom left of the image. Do I need to ...
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Cisco ASA 5505- My subnet mask is different from Show Route
While I was troubleshooting a DNS issue on my 10.10.10.0/30 subnet, I noticed the Local (L) and Connected (C) has different values. I configured the 10.10.10.0 network to use 255.255.255.252 has the ...
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Subnetting help [duplicate]
I am sorry if this is a simple question, but I am a little overwhelmed and I can't seem to grasp what I need to do. Long story short, I took over a network that was poorly designed in my opinion, but ...
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Unable to calculate for subnet mask [duplicate]
My question is - To divide a class C network into a maximum of 14 subnets each capable of having up to 14 hosts, the subnet mask used should be .. what and how ?
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Help with network setup [closed]
I have the following situation:
Router 2 is a given. It is used by several people to go on the internet ('People we don't trust').
We are a tiny company that is supposed to go on the internet ...
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Does IPv6 have similar concept of network mask?
Does IPv6 have similar concept of network mask?
How does it represent a network?
In the output of ifconfig, does prefixlen 128 represent a network mask?
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu ...
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determine the Network class [duplicate]
how can I determine The Network class from only subnetmask ,,without Network address
EX: 255.255.0.0 /16 written in my book it belongs to class A .How they knew it?
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Doubt on Subnetting [duplicate]
I have a doubt when I was trying to expend the network segment sizes. I wanted expend 192.168.1.208 to /27 and the following block to /28.
I don’t want to disturb the segment before 192.168.1.208 ...
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What is IP squat space
I came across this article and I'm trying to understand what is going on here, I found some packets on my network containing 22.0.0.0/8 and 29.0.0.0/8 IP range and It's based on:
https://en.wikipedia....
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Host IP address vs gateway IP address vs DHCP IP address
What is the difference between a host IP address, a gateway IP address, and a DHCP IP address when setting up networking devices?
For example, when configuring a virtual network adapter for my VM, I ...
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Determine how many bits to borrow [duplicate]
I apologize if this is a too simple question for the people here, but this is my problem:
I am tasked to determine the subnetmask (binary), subnet mask (decimal) and the Prefix notation for a set ...
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Trouble understanding CIDR allocation [duplicate]
I am currently learning about CIDR allocations. Given the following problem:
Given a network of IPs starting with 212.201. 3 companies request 16.000, 2.000 and 29.000 IP addresses.
the problem ...
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Question about creating Subnets for a large amount of sites that will make a site-site tunnel to our datacenter [closed]
Our data center network is:
10.20.44.X/24
I want to have our sites use 10.X.X.X/24 (Site Number, VLAN, host)
EG:
Site 30
10.30.10.X/24 10.30.20.X/24
10.X would be corporate network 20.X would be ...
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How to convert size represented in one prefix length to another?
Example, let's say if someone says, I have allocated one /64 address. How can I convert that to a size in /30? How many /30 equals to one /64?
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Subnetting different ip on same networks with different mask
I am a little confused with subnetting. Looking for a proper explanation.
Suppose I have 3 routers A, B and C.
Int 1: 10.0.0.1/30 <-- Router A
Int 1: 10.0.0.2/30 <-- Router B
Int 2: 10.0.0....
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Juniper SRX320 Dynamic VPN, cannot route to Remote-Protected-Resource
Multiple VPNs setup with a Juniper SRX320.
The SRX320 has an irb interface as follows:
irb {
unit 0 {
family inet {
address 192.168.120.1/24;
}
}
}
I've setup ...
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Is there currently a formula for calculating the network ID when you know the amount of networks used? [duplicate]
edit: I wanted to mention the reason I am asking is because I have scoured the internet to find a formula similar
I figured a formula and wanted to know if such a formula is was already in use.
(...
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Subnetting babysteps - find networks [duplicate]
I hope the question title is correct :S For example i get the subnet 80.109.0.0 255.255.0.0 and want to make 8 subnets.
subnet mask in binary is
11111111.11111111.00000000.00000000
if i take 3 bits ...
