DSA Factory
Free IP addressing and routing lessonsIP addressing and routing · Stage 0 · Addresses and subnets · Step 2

Subnet masks and CIDR

Use a prefix length to find a subnet's network address, broadcast address and host range, and test whether two hosts share one. About 15 minutes.

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What is the network address of 192.168.10.77 with the mask 255.255.255.192?

  1. A192.168.10.64
  2. B192.168.10.0
  3. C192.168.10.128
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192.168.10.64. Block size 64; 77 falls in the block starting at 64.

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