IPv4 SubNetting Subnetting It allows you to take one larger network and break it into a bunch of smaller networks.
Advantages of Subnetting: 1. Reduced network traffic – Routers create broadcast domains. The more broadcast domains you create, the smaller the broadcast domains and the less network traffic on each network segment. 2. Optimized network performance – This is a result of reduced network traffic. 3. Simplified management – It’s easier to identify and isolate network problem in a group of smaller connected networks than within one gigantic network. 4. Facilitated spanning of large geographical distances - A single large network that spans long distances can create problem in every area. Connecting multiple smaller networks makes the system more efficient.
How to create SubNet? To create Sub Networks, we need to take bits from the host portion of the IP address and reserve them to define the subnet address.
Subnet Mask A mask used to determine what subnet an IP address belongs to. An IP address has two components, the network address and the host address.
Understanding the power of 2 2 power of 1 = 2 2 power of 2 = 4 2 power of 3 = 8 2 power of 4 = 16 2 power of 5 = 32 2 power of 6 = 64 2 power of 7 = 128 2 power of 8 = 256 2 power of 9 = 512
IPv4 SubNetting 2 power of 10 = 1,024 2 power of 11 = 2,048 2 power of 12 = 4,096 2 power of 13 = 8,192 2 power of 14 = 16,384 Default Subnet mask Class A: 255.0.0.0 Class B: 255.255.0.0 Class C: 255.255.255.0
Host & Network Bits Config in IP Classes
CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) CIDR is a method for allocating IP addresses. The Internet Engineering Task Force introduced CIDR in 1993 to replace the previous addressing architecture of class full network design in the Internet. Their goal was to slow the growth of routing tables on routers across the Internet, and to help slow the rapid exhaustion of IPv4 addresses.
IPv4 SubNetting
Quick Reference SubNet Mask Classes Start
End
#Host
A
10.0.0.0
10.255.255.255
16,777,216
B
172.16.0.0
172.31.255.255
65,534
C
192.168.0.0
192.168.255.255
256
IPv4 SubNetting /8 /9 /10 /11 /12 /13 /14 /15 /16 /17 /18 /19 /20 /21 /22 /23 /24 /25 /26 /27 /28 /29 /30
255.0.0.0 255.128.0.0 255.192.0.0 255.224.0.0 255.240.0.0 255.248.0.0 255.252.0.0 255.254.0.0 255.255.0.0 255.255.128.0 255.255.192.0 255.255.224.0 255.255.240.0 255.255.248.0 255.255.252.0 255.255.254.0 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.128 255.255.255.192 255.255.255.224 255.255.255.240 255.255.255.248 255.255.255.252
16,777,214 8,388,352 4,194,176 2,097,088 1,048,544 524,272 262,136 131,068 65,024 32,512 16,256 8,128 4,064 2,032 1,016 508 254 124 62 30 14 6 2
Subnetting of class C Address – In a class C address, only8 bits are available for defining the hosts. And rest of the bits is defined for the Networks. Remember that subnet bits start at the left and go the right, without skipping bits. This means that the only class c subnet masks can be following. Binary Decimal CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) --------------------------------------------------------10000000 = 128 /25 11000000 = 192 /26 11100000 = 224 /27 11110000 = 240 /28 11111000 = 248 /29 11111100 = 252 /30 We can’t use a /31 or /32 because we have to have at least 2 host bits for assigning IP address to hosts.
IPv4 SubNetting Step 1: How many subnets in the network? Number of subnets = 2x 11000000 22 = 4 Step 2: How many hosts per subnet? Number of host = 2y - 2 26 – 2 = 62 Step 3: What are the valid subnets? 256 – Subnet mask = block size An example would be 256 – 192 = 64. The block size of a 192 mask is always 64. Start counting at zero in blocks of 64 until you reach the subnet mask value and these are your subnets. 0, 64, 128, 192. Step 4: What’s the broadcast address for each subnet? The broadcast address is always the number right before the next subnet. The 0 subnet has a broadcast address of 63 because the next subnet is 64. The 64 subnet has a broadcast address of 127 because the next subnet is 128, etc. Step 5: What are the valid hosts? Valid hosts are the numbers between the subnets, omitting all the 0s and all 1s. For example, if 64 are the subnet number and 127 is the broadcast address, then 65–126 is the valid host range—it’s always the numbers between the subnet address and the broadcast address.
Subnetting Practice Examples: Class C Addresses Example 1: 192.168.10.0 /25 Subnet mask = 255.255.255.128 How many subnets = 21 =2 How many hosts per subnets = 27 – 2 = 126 hosts What are the valid subnets = 256-128. Our subnets are 0 and 128.
IPv4 SubNetting What are the Broadcast address = for 0 subnet 127, for 128 subnet 255. Subnet First Host Last Host Broadcast
0 1 126 127
128 129 254 255
Example 2: 192.168.10.0 /26 Subnet mask = 255.255.255.192 How many subnets? Since 192 are 2 bits on (11000000), the answer would be 22 = 4 How many hosts per subnet? We have 6 host bits off (11000000), so the equation would be 26 – 2 = 62 hosts. What are the valid subnets? 256 – 192 = 64. Remember, we start at zero and count in our block size, so our subnets are 0, 64, 128, and 192. What’s the broadcast address for each subnet? The number right before the value of the next subnet is all host bits turned on and equals the broadcast address. 63,127,191,255. What are the valid hosts? These are the numbers between the subnet and broadcast address. The easiest way to find the hosts is to write out the subnet address and the broadcast address. This way, the valid hosts are obvious. The following table shows the 0, 64, 128, and 192 subnets, the valid host ranges of each, and the broadcast address of each subnet: Subnet First Host Last Host Broadcast
0 1 62 63
64 65 126 127
127 129 190 191
192 193 254 255
Example 3: 192.168.10.0/27 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.224 How many subnets? 224 are 11100000, so our equation would be 23=8. How many hosts? 25 – 2 = 30. What are the valid subnets? 256 – 224 = 32. We just start at zero and count to the subnet mask value in blocks (increments) of 32: 0, 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, and 224.
IPv4 SubNetting The subnet address The first valid host The last valid host The broadcast address
0 1 30 31
Example 4: 192.168.10.0/28 Subnet Mask - 255.255.255.240 Subnets = 24 =16 Hosts = 24 -2 = 14 Valid Subnets = 256-240 = 16 Subnet First Host Last Host Broadcast
0 1 14 15
16 17 30 31
240 241 254 255
Example 5: 192.168.10.0/29 Subnet Mask = 255.255.255.248 Subnets = 25 = 32 Hosts = 23 -2 = 6 Valid Subnets = 256-248 = 8 Subnet First Host Last Host Broadcast
0 1 6 7
8 9 14 15
248 249 254 255
Example 6: 192.168.10.0/30 Subnet Mask = 255.255.255.252 Subnets = 26 = 64 Hosts = 22 -2 = 2 Valid Subnets = 256-252 = 4 Subnet First Host Last Host Broadcast
0 1 2 3
4 5 6 7
252 253 254 255
32 33 62 63
64 65 94 95
96 97 126 127
128 129 158 159
160 161 190 191
192 193 222 223
224 225 254 255
IPv4 SubNetting  Class B Subnetting Example 1: 172.16.0.0/17 Subnet Mask = 255.255.255.128.0 Subnets = 21 =2 Hosts = 215 -2 = 32766 Valid Subnets = 256-128 = 128 Subnet First Host Last Host Broadcast
0.0 0.1 127.254 127.255
128.0 128.1 255.254 255.255
Remember that Subnetting is performed in the third octet, so the subnet numbers are really 0.0, and 128.0, as shown on the above table. Example 2: 172.16.0.0/18 Subnet Mask = 255.255.192.0 Subnets =22 = 4 Host = 214 -2 =16382 Valid subnets = 256-192 = 64 Subnet First Host Last Host Broadcast
0.0 0.1 63.254 63.255
64.0 64.1 127.254 127.255
128.0 128.1 191.254 191.255
192.0 192.1 255.254 255.255
32.0 32.1 47.254 47.255
240.0 240.1 255.254 255.255
Example 3: 172.16.0.0/20 Subnet Mask = 255.255.240.0 Subnets 24 = 16 Hosts 212 -2 = 4096 Valid Subnets = 256-240 = 16 Subnet First Host Last Host Broadcast
0.0 0.1 15.254 15.255
16.0 16.1 31.254 31.255
Example 4: 172.16.0.0/23 Subnet Mask = 255.255.254.0 Subnets 27 = 128 Hosts 29 -2 = 510 Valid subnets 256-254 = 0, 2,4,6,8 up to 254
IPv4 SubNetting Subnet First Host Last Host Broadcast
0.0 0.1 1.254 1.255
2.0 2.1 3.254 3.255
4.0 4.1 5.254 5.255
254.0 254.1 255.254 255.255
Example 5: 172.16.0.0/24 Subnet Mask = 255.255.255.0 Subnets = 28 =256 Hosts =28 -2 = 254 Valid subnets = 256-255 = 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, all the way to 255. Subnet First Host Last Host Broadcast
0.0 0.1 0.254 0.255
1.0 1.1 1.254 1.255
2.0 2.1 2.254 2.255
254.0 254.1 254.254 254.255
255.0 255.1 255.254 255.255
Example 6: 172.16.0.0 /25 Subnet mask = 255.255.255.128 Subnets = 29 = 512 Hosts = 27 – 2 = 126 Valid subnets? Okay, now for the tricky part. 256-255 = 1. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. But you can’t forget the one subnet bit used in the fourth octet. Subnet First Host Last host Broadcast
0.0 0.1 0.126 0.127
0.128 0.129 0.254 0.255
1.0 1.1 1.126 1.127
1.128 1.129 1.254 1.255
2.0 2.1 2.126 2.127
0.128 0.129 0.190 0.191
1.0 1.1 1.62 1.63
255.192 255.193 255.254 255.255
Example 7: 172.16.0.0/26 Subnet Mask = 255.255.255.192 Subnets =210 = 1024 Hosts = 26 -2 = 62 Valid Subnets = 256-192 = 64 Subnet First Host Last Host Broadcast
0.0 0.1 0.62 0.63
0.64 0.65 0.126 0.127
255.128 255.129 255.254 255.255
IPv4 SubNetting Example 8: 172.16.0.0 /27 Subnet mask = 255.255.255.224 Subnets =211 = 2048 Hosts = 25 -2 = 30 Valid subnets 256 -224 = 32. 0, 32, 64, 96,128….224 Subnet First Host Last Host Broadcast
0.0 0.1 0.30 0.31
0.32 0.33 0.62 0.63
0.224 0.225 0.254 0.255
255.0 255.1 255.30 255.31
255.224 255.225 255.254 255.255
Class A Subnetting Example 1: 10.0.0.0/16 Subnets = 28 = 256 Hosts = 216 – 2 = 65,534 Valid Subnets 256-255 = 1.0, 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. Subnet First host Last host Broadcast
10.0.0.0 10.0.0.1 10.0.255.254 10.0.255.255
10.1.0.0 10.1.0.1 10.1.255.254 10.1.255.255
10.254.0.0 10.254.0.1 10.254.255.254 10.254.255.255
10.255.255.0.0 10.255.0.1 10.255.255.254 10.255.255.255
10.0.16.0 10.0.16.1 10.0.31.254 10.0.31.255
10.0.32.0 10.0.32.1 10.0.47.254 10.0.47.255
10.255.240.0 10.255.240.1 10.255.255.254 10.255.255.255
Example 2: 10.0.0.0 /20 Subnet Mask = 255.255.240.0 Subnets = 212 = 4096 Hosts =212 -2 4094 Valid subnets = 256-240 =16 Subnet First Host Last Host Broadcast
10.0.0.0 10.0.0.1 10.0.15.254 10.0.15.255
Example 3: 10.0.0.0/26 Subnet mask = 255.255.255.192 Subnets 218 = 262,144 Hosts = 26 -2 = 62
IPv4 SubNetting Valid Subnets? In the second and third octet, the block size is 1, and in the fourth octet, the block size is 64. Subnet First Host Last host Broadcast
10.0.0.0 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.62 10.0.0.63
10.0.0.64 10.0.0.65 10.0.0.126 10.0.0.127
10.0.0.128 10.0.0.129 10.0.0.190 10.0.0.191
10.255.255.0 10.255.255.1 10.255.255.62 10.255.255.63
10.255.255.192 10.255.255.193 10.255.255.254 10.255.255.255
VLSM A way to take one network and create many networks using subnet masks of different lengths on different types of network designs.
Summarization Summarization, also called route aggregation, allows routing protocols to advertise many networks as one address. The purpose of this is to reduce the size of routing tables on routers to save memory.