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Can you create a network with different subnet requirements?

This is probably a stupid question, but I was wondering what the best way to subnet a network where, for example, one LAN requires 50 hosts and another LAN requires 100 hosts. Do you have to subnet all the same, making all have 100 hosts available or can you create different sizes for each LAN to suit them individually?

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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    You can have different sizes.

    For example 50 hosts only requires 6 bits.

    Here is a possible choice (there are others):

    xxx.yyy.zzz.64/26

    Then for 100 hosts you need 7 bits.

    You could choose something like this:

    xxx.yyy.zzz.128/25

    The actual network address (xxx.yyy.zzz) would be the same for both.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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