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The network address of 172.16.0.0/19 provides how many subnets and hosts?

A. 7 subnets, 30 hosts each

B. 8 subnets, 8,190 hosts each

C. 8 subnets, 2,046 hosts each

D. 7 subnets, 2,046 hosts each

Answer: Option B

Solution(By Examveda Team)

A CIDR address of /19 is 255.255.224.0. This is a Class B address, so that is only 3 subnet bits, but it provides 13 host bits, or 8 subnets, each with 8,190 hosts.

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Sara Lamichhane :

11 months ago

how to find subset
Deependra Shukla :

6 years ago

when it is class less then why we r considering it as class B

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