Sub 0

172 16 00000 000 00000000 172.16.0.0

Sub 1
172 16 00001 000 00000000 172.16.8.0
Sub 2
172 16 00010 000 00000000 172.16.16.0
Sub 3
172 16 00011 000 00000000 172.16.24.0
Sub 4
172 16 00100 000 00000000 172.16.32.0
…….
……..
Sub 32
172 16 11111 000 00000000
SM = 11111111.11111111.11111000.00000000
= 255.255.248.0
Subnet 4 is assigned to Computer Science Department
Computer Science has 300 Computers/Hosts
We will now find Host IP address. So we have to concentrate on host bits.
Host 0
172 16 00100 000 00000000 172.16.32.0
Host 1
172 16 00100 000 00000001 172.16.32.1
Host 2
172 16 00100 000 00000010 172.16.32.2
Host 3
172 16 00100 000 00000011 172.16.32.3
………

Host 255
172 16 00100 000 11111111 172.16.32.255
………

Host 297
172 16 00100 001 00101001 172.16.33.41
172 16
00100001 00101001 Host
11111000 00000000 SM
00100000 00000000
172 16
32 0 Network