Hi.. I was going through some subnetting scenarios and came across this stuf which is confusing for me.We have been given a network range of
10.60.0.0/24. We have 3 routers which are connected back to back and they all have 3 ethernet ports for 3 ethernet networks.Each subnet will have max. hosts 60 and we also need to design IP addressing for serial links with max.2 IP addresses to conserve IP addresses. In the solution it says, For 60 hosts we need minimum 6 bits ,2^6-2=62 hosts per subnet. By subnetting 10.60.0.0/24 we get 4 subnets with 26 bit mask. 10.60.0.0/26 10.60.0.64/26 10.60.0.128/26 10.60.0.192/26 NOw my question is that can we use 1st and 4th subnet as the rule says that u cant use subnet with all 0's and all 1's. Same way for the network 10.60.0.0/26 the first host would be 10.60.0.1/26 and the broadcast address would be 10.60.0.63/26 Can I use 10.60.0.63 as an IP address ,and If not what will happen if I ping this broadcast address. I tried this on Win2k and it allows me to use broadcast ip for a network interface .What is the effect of using broadcast IP as a IP address on a network card? Thanks in advance Tribavan Raina Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=24712&t=24712 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
