Network Fundamentals & IP Addressing Flashcards
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Which subnet mask allows for 14 usable host addresses per subnet?
Answer: /28
A /28 mask leaves 4 host bits, yielding 2^4 - 2 = 14 usable host addresses.
What is the broadcast address of the subnet 192.168.10.64/26?
Answer: 192.168.10.127
A /26 block size is 64; subnet 192.168.10.64 has broadcast at .127 (64+64-1).
Which layer of the OSI model is responsible for logical addressing and routing?
Answer: Layer 3 – Network
Layer 3 (Network) handles logical IP addressing and path determination via routing.
A host has IP 172.16.45.200/20. What is the network address of this subnet?
Answer: 172.16.40.0
A /20 has a block size of 16 in the third octet; 32 ≤ 45 < 48, so the network is 172.16.40.0.
Which protocol operates at Layer 2 and is used to map IP addresses to MAC addresses?
Answer: ARP
ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) resolves known IP addresses to MAC addresses on the local segment.
What is the valid host range for the subnet 10.0.0.128/25?
Answer: 10.0.0.129 – 10.0.0.254
Network = 10.0.0.128, broadcast = 10.0.0.255; valid hosts are .129 through .254.
Which PDU name is used at the OSI Transport layer?
Answer: Segment
The Transport layer (Layer 4) encapsulates data into segments.