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If I subnet the IP prefix 172.16. 64.0/18, shouldn't I be able to get 4 subnets? I was only able to get the following subnets:

Network ID - Range - Broadcast ID:
172.16.64.0    -     172.16.127.255
172.16.128.0   -     172.16.191.255
172.16.192.0   -     172.16.255.255

Which subnet, if any, am I missing?

sotirios
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By splitting the 172.16.64.0/18 network in 4 subnets you obtain:

172.16.64.0/20

172.16.80.0/20

172.16.96.0/20

172.16.112.0/20

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JFL
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  • Could you explain? I thought the network IDs would increment by 64 in the third octet. Where am I going wrong? – user17715 Sep 04 '15 at 08:54
  • 172.16.64.0/18 is a network from 172.16.64.0 to 172.16.64.127.255. If you need to subnet it to get 4 networks you have to take 2 more bits (2^2=4). It means /20. – jcbermu Sep 04 '15 at 11:52
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You are subnneting in a wrong way. This one if what you should do. Will take 172.16.64.0/18 into binary(.64.) 172.16.0100 0000.0

you need 4 subnets:

0100 0000 /base

0100 0000 0101 0000 0110 0000 0111 0000

All of this subnets are /20. We take 2 bits of host parts in 172.16.64.0/18, that has been used in network.

172.16.64.0/20, 172.16.80.0/20, 172.16.96.0/20, 172.16.112.0/20

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ip address X.X.X.X consisted of two main parts [Network part] , [host part] Network part can be consisted of two parts , fixed part called [network summary address] and tunnable part called [Subnet ID] , will reserved by host IPs . in your example you provide us with the network summary address 172.16. 64.0/18 and you want to subnet this address into 4 subnets (sub 0 ,1 ,2 ,3 ). let us present your summary address in other way enter image description here

as you know in binary if you want to represent up to 3 things you need at lest 2 binary digits (00 ,01,10,11) , simply to represent those 4 subnets we will get the two binary digits we need from the host portion as next

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so that the network portion of the IP became 20 digits instead of 18 and the subnets will be as shown

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There are 4 available subnets here

Network ID - Range - Broadcast ID:

172.16.0.0 - 172.16.63.255

172.16.64.0 - 172.16.127.255

172.16.128.0 - 172.16.191.255

172.16.192.0 - 172.16.255.255

But your question states :: If I subnet the IP prefix 172.16.64.0/18

So we have to start @ 172.16.64.0

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