A network administrator is creating a subnet plan for the address 172.16.0.0/16. The network must support 459 hosts on each subnet while providing the maximum number of subnets. What subnet mask should be used?
A network administrator is creating a subnet plan for the address 172.16.0.0/16. The network must support 459 hosts on each subnet while providing the maximum number of subnets. What subnet mask should be used?
459--> 2^9=512 , so we need 9 bits for host part of IP 172.16.1111 111|0.0000 0000 255-1=254 so 255.255.254.0 , D) is correct