Network/Subnet splitting
- Subnet mask can be used to split a given network adress space into subnets.
Example:
Original Network: 128.6.34.0 / 255.255.255.0
can be split into 8 subnets by changing the Netmask to:
255.255.255.224 (or 11111111.11111111.11111111.11100000) (or /27)
Subnet: 128.6.34.0 / 255.255.255.224
Subnet: 128.6.34.32 / 255.255.255.224
Subnet: 128.6.34.64 / 255.255.255.224
Subnet: 128.6.34.96 / 255.255.255.224
Subnet: 128.6.34.128 / 255.255.255.224
Subnet: 128.6.34.160 / 255.255.255.224
Subnet: 128.6.34.192 / 255.255.255.224
Subnet: 128.6.34.224 / 255.255.255.224
- Max number of hosts on each subnet: 30 = 32 - 2
- The gateway address should be set within each subnet.