130.100.0.0
we need 30 subnets
each subnet with atleast 1000 hosts
class b ..
so subnet mask is 255.255.x.x
we need 30 right .. so tick in the subnet table until we meet the requirement
after looking at the table ..we ticked 5 of the subnet ones ..so even tick the 5 bits of upper subnets
it ends at 248 so our subnet mask is 255.255.248.0
now we have unticked three of them
(252 ,254 , 255 ***********important (3 of the unticked third octet and 8 of the remaining 4th octet so a total of 11..so tick 11 in the host bits portion and
subtract 2 to get the number of hosts)
the crucial one
bits———-128——-64——-32——16—–8—-4——2—–1
subnets
128————-*
192————-*
224————*
240————-*
248————–*
252
254
255
powers of 2 —— subnets——————–hosts (-2)
2——————–*——————————*
4———————*——————————*
8———————-*——————————*
16———————*——————————-*
32———————-*(we met 30 here)————-*
64——————————————————*
128—————————————————–*
256——————————————————*
512——————————————————-*
1024—————————————————–*
2048—————————————————-* (total of 11 bits ticked 2048 – 2 = 2046 hosts / subnet)
hope this helped anyone … any comments / suggestions are warmly welcomed …
regards
rakesh