diff --git a/412/vlsm.md b/412/vlsm.md index bcc9b23..e0b61ee 100644 --- a/412/vlsm.md +++ b/412/vlsm.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ # VLSM Examples -Say we have the IP: 210.19.14.0/24 +Say we have the IPs: 210.19.[14 -> 19].0/24 We want to create to networks which support this many hosts +## Part A * A: 1000 hosts * B: 500 hosts @@ -16,3 +17,17 @@ If we want to support 1000 hosts we need to borrow the last two bits of that pat > __problem__: one of those is 1 which means we can't borrow it as its part of our given network address. Thus this problem then can't be done given this information. + +If we had been given x.x..12.0 we could do it because 12's bit pattern is `0000 1100`, which leaves the last two bits as 0's that we can use for the hosts. + +## Part B + +This time we need to support 500 hosts so we need 9 bits for the hosts. This time we can use `x.x.14.0` as our network address + +Our mask is /23 `255.255.154.0`. This leaves our network address as `210.19.14.0`. + +* The first host is x.x.14.1 + +* The last host is x.x.15.254 + +* Broadcast is x.x.15.255