NETWORK LAYER
INTRODUCTION
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Question
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The address of a class B host is to be split into subnets with a 6-bit subnet number. What is the maximum number of subnets and the maximum number of hosts in each subnet?
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62 subnets and 262142 hosts.
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64 subnets and 262142 hosts.
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62 subnets and 1022 hosts.
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64 subnets and 1024 hosts.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A Class B address consists of a 16-bit network address and a 16-bit local or host address. The first two bits in the network address are dedicated to indicating the network class, leaving 14 bits for the actual network address. There are 16, 384 possible network addresses and 65, 536 local host addresses.
Detailed explanation-2: -The power of 2 minus 2 =maximum number of host per subnet Save this answer.
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