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Question about determining IP subnet ranges, should be simple

ZMacintosh

ZMacintosh

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I had a question for those knowledgeable in networking.
Trying to figure out how to determine the steps to get these answers.

So for example a computer has an IP Address of 10.1.5.3 , what is the range of useable IP addresses for this subnet 10.1.5.3/24
So it would be 10.1.5.1 - 10.1.5.254


similar question, you have IP address of 192.168.1.15/24, what other IP addresses are on the same subnet?
So 192.168.1.68 & 192.168.2 would be on the same subnet

Trying to figure out how they use the octets/bits to determine the range.

Read through some CIDR notation info, but im still stuck on it, even though it seems very basic and simple.
 
ChristianVirtual

ChristianVirtual

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ZMacintosh said:
So for example a computer has an IP Address of 10.1.5.3 , what is the range of useable IP addresses for this subnet 10.1.5.3/24
So it would be 10.1.5.1 - 10.1.5.254
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Correct.
The subnet mask in total have 32 bit.
/24 means that the first 24 bits of the IP address define the network address while the last 8 bits define the range/size of that specific subnet.
In case of /24 it would be 8 bits left which makes 1 to 254 valid IP addresses.

similar question, you have IP address of 192.168.1.15/24, what other IP addresses are on the same subnet?
So 192.168.1.68 & 192.168.2 would be on the same subnet
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It's actually very much the same as you first example with /24

192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254 would be valid IP address in 192.168.1/24
192.168.2.xxx would NOT be a valid address in 192.168.1/24

If you want 192.168.1 and 192.168.2 to be in the same subnet you would need a netmask of /22 (for example)

A good presentation with the bit masks is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subnetwork
 
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ZMacintosh

ZMacintosh

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meant to say 192.168.1.2**

so with the remaining 8 bits
how they calculate to that? binary?
i understand binary easier, always get stuck on this type of stuff.

thanks for the link, reviewing it ab it more now
 
ChristianVirtual

ChristianVirtual

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ZMacintosh said:
meant to say 192.168.1.2**

so with the remaining 8 bits
how they calculate to that? binary?
i understand binary easier, always get stuck on this type of stuff.

thanks for the link, reviewing it ab it more now
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Yes, binary.

Those host number with all bit zero and all bits 1 are reserved. .0 and .255 for example.
 
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