If an Ethernet port on a router was assigned an IP address of 172.1.1,1/20,what is the maximum number of hosts allowed on this subnet?
A.
4094
B.
1024
C.
8190
D.
2046
E.
4096
what is the maximum number of hosts allowed on this subnet?
If an Ethernet port on a router was assigned an IP address of 172.1.1,1/20,what is the maximum number of hosts allowed on this subnet?
correct answer is letter A
The remaining bits for host bits are 12, inorder to compute the maximum number of host, we use the formula No. of host = 2 ^ m – 2 .. m=no. of host bits which is 12.