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ITPROTV Cisco CCNA IPv4 Subnetting Class C

 This is how to manually subnet IPv4 Class C addresses.

Class C:

Range: 192.0.0.0 to 223.255.255.255

Default Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

CIDR: /24

Question: You are assigned 192.168.8.0/24. I need 5 networks and 20 host per network.

Step 1:

 Create Table (Sunny Subnetting Table)

Subnet                        1          2            4        8            16       32         64      128          256

Host                            256      128       64       32         16      8            4         2            1 

Subnet Mask              /24       /25        /26      /27       /28      /29       /30      /31          /32

Step 2: 

Find 5 networks (subnet) closest but not under and write it down.

Subnet               8

Host                   32 total hosts including network id and broadcast id

Subnet Mask     /27 (new subnet mask)

Step 3: 

Create second table and number by subnets from step 2.

Original Network ID: 192.168.8.0/24

#  Network ID          Subnet Mask      Host ID Range                         # of Useable Hosts           Broadcast

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Step 4:

Add Original Network ID to the table

#  Network ID          Subnet Mask      Host ID Range                         # of Useable Hosts           Broadcast

1  192.168.8.0

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Step 5:

Add Host from step 2 to the last network id octet

#  Network ID          Subnet Mask      Host ID Range                         # of Useable Hosts           Broadcast

1  192.168.8.0

2 192.168.8.32

3 192.168.8.64

4 192.168.8.96

5 192.168.8.128

6 192.168.8.160

7 192.168.8.0192

8 192.168.8.224

Step 6:

Put subnet mask from step 2 into subnet mask

#  Network ID          Subnet Mask      Host ID Range                         # of Useable Hosts           Broadcast

1  192.168.8.0         /27

2 192.168.8.32        /27

3 192.168.8.64        /27

4 192.168.8.96        /27

5 192.168.8.128      /27 

6 192.168.8.160      /27

7 192.168.8.0192    /27

8 192.168.8.224      /27

Step 7: 

Put Host from step 2 into # of useable hosts. You must subtract it by 2 for network id (first host) and broadcast id (last host)

#  Network ID          Subnet Mask      Host ID Range                         # of Useable Hosts         Broadcast

1  192.168.8.0         /27                                                                                   30                  

2 192.168.8.32        /27                                                                                   30                  

3 192.168.8.64        /27                                                                                   30                  

4 192.168.8.96        /27                                                                                   30                  

5 192.168.8.128      /27                                                                                   30                  

6 192.168.8.160      /27                                                                                   30                  

7 192.168.8.0192    /27                                                                                   30                  

8 192.168.8.224      /27                                                                                   30                  

Step 8:

Subtract 1 from last octet from network id and put in broadcat id and last broadcast is is .255

#  Network ID          Subnet Mask      Host ID Range                         # of Useable Hosts         Broadcast

1  192.168.8.0         /27                                                                                   30                  192.168.8.31

2 192.168.8.32        /27                                                                                   30                  192.168.8.63

3 192.168.8.64        /27                                                                                   30                  192.168.8.95

4 192.168.8.96        /27                                                                                   30                  192.168.8.127

5 192.168.8.128      /27                                                                                   30                  192.168.8.159

6 192.168.8.160      /27                                                                                   30                  192.168.8.191

7 192.168.8.0192    /27                                                                                   30                  192.168.8.223

8 192.168.8.224      /27                                                                                   30                  192.168.8.255

Step 9: 

Input Host id range. Add 1 from network id and subtract 1 from broadcast id.

#  Network ID          Subnet Mask      Host ID Range                         # of Useable Hosts         Broadcast

1  192.168.8.0         /27                      192.168.8.1 to 192.168.8.30                30                  192.168.8.31

2 192.168.8.32        /27                      192.168.8.33 to 192.168.8.62              30                  192.168.8.63

3 192.168.8.64        /27                      192.168.8.65 to 192.168.8.94              30                  192.168.8.95

4 192.168.8.96        /27                      192.168.8.97 to 192.168.8.126            30                  192.168.8.127

5 192.168.8.128      /27                      192.168.8.129 to 192.168.8.158          30                  192.168.8.159

6 192.168.8.160      /27                       192.168.8.161 to 192.168.8.190         30                  192.168.8.191

7 192.168.8.0192    /27                       192.168.8.193 to 192.168.8.222         30                  192.168.8.223

8 192.168.8.224      /27                       192.168.8.225 to 192.168.8.254         30                  192.168.8.255

Step 10:

You can assign any 5 out of 8 subnets. 3 are going to waste.

Reference:

Youtube: Sunny Classroom subnetting is simple

ITPROTV IP Addressing: IPv4 Subnetting Class C

ITPROTV CCNA Cisco Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Root Bridge Election

 This is how you find a Spanning Tree Protocol Root Bridge Election.

This example is with three switches.

Step 1:

Lowest priority will become root bridge, if equal lowest MAC Address will become root bridge.

Step 1A:

If you want to manually make a switch root bridge, change its priority by multiples of 4096.

Step 2:

All root bridge ports will become forwarded and a designated port. There can only be one designated port per segment.

Step 3:

Find root port (the lowest cost going back to root bridge) root ports can't be blocked. There can only be one designated root port per segment (switch to switch.)

Step 3A:

When another switch has same priority, same MAC address, use the CLI to find root port.

enable <enter>

show spanning-tree <enter>

look at priority.nbr lowest will become root port.

Step 4:

For final designated port look at cost as if forwarding from that port to root bridge. If equal continue to priority, and then MAC Address. Lowest wins designated port.

Step 5:

If you have a root port on a switch complete it, and it must be a blocked alternate port.

enable <enter>

show spanning-tree <enter>

This bridge is the root

Reference: ITVPRO.TV Cisco CCNA - Cisco Switching: STP Operations 

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