Network Subnetting

Cheat Sheet

Group Size 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
Subnet 128 192 224 240 248 252 254 255
CIDR (4o) /25 /26 /27 /28 /29 /30 /31 /32
3rd octet /17 /18 /19 /20 /21 /22 /23 /24
2nd octet /9 /10 /11 /12 /13 /14 /15 /16
1st octet /1 /2 /3 /4 /5 /6 /7 /8
  1. Use CIDR/Mask to find group size above
  2. Starting from 0, or the corresponding subnet value above, or one to its left, increase or decrease by the group size, until you pass the corresponding octet value in the target IP
    1. Next Network ID cannot contain 256, instead increment the preceding octet by 1 and reset to 0
    2. If this is the 1st octet, Next Network is N/A, and Broadcast IP = 255.255.255.255
  3. Number before target IP = Network ID
  4. First Host = Network ID + 1
  5. Number after target IP = Next Network ID
  6. Broadcast = Next Network - 1
  7. Last Host = Next Network - 2
  8. #IP Addresses = Group size, or 2(32-CIDR) for 3rd/4th octet
Network ID
First Host IP
Last Host IP
Broadcast IP
Next Network ID
No. IP Addresses
CIDR/Subnet Mask

FLSM Questions

21 2
22 4
23 8
24 16
25 32
26 64
27 128
28 256
29 512

Starting with /18, what size sub-network would you need to create 100 sub-networks? /25

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Starting with /21, how many sub-networks could you create that could contain 50 IP addresses? 32

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How to Read a Subnetting Question

You will generally be given 2, and your job will be to solve the 3rd.

Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSM)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amKyfbg5G2Q

Revision #2
Created 2026-07-20 23:43:09 UTC by Admin
Updated 2026-07-21 04:51:57 UTC by Admin