Your company network currently consists of workstations, switches and routers. There are 12 departments in the company. The company has agreed to use the reserved (private) class B address range. The company has a requirement that each department be assigned a subnet. Subnets should be designed to allow for the maximum number of hosts on each subnet using classful subnetting.
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1. Based on the requirements stated above, what subnet mask should be used for the network?
2. Complete the required design information in the table below:
Subnet Department Subnet ID Host IP Range Broadcast Address
0 Sales
1 Finance
2 Marketing
3 Manufacturing
4 HR
5 Payroll
6 MIS
7 Receiving
8 Shipping
9 Development
10 International
11 Executive
12 Connection between Routers A and B*
*Router connections in this network will use Serial connections and have their own subnet.