Chapter 14

Question 1

resident subnet

Answer 1

Each IP subnet contains a number of unicast IP addresses; that subnet is the resident subnet for each of those addresses—that is, the subnet in which those addresses reside.

Question 2

subnet broadcast address

Answer 2

subnet broadcast address
A special address in each IPv4 subnet, specifically the largest numeric address in the subnet, designed so that packets sent to this address should be delivered to all hosts in that subnet.

Question 3

Mask: 255.255.128.0 Pattern:
Mask: 255.255.192.0 Pattern:
Mask: 255.255.224.0 Pattern:
Mask: 255.255.240.0 Pattern:

Answer 3

Mask: 255.255.128.0 Pattern: Multiples of 128
Mask: 255.255.192.0 Pattern: Multiples of 64
Mask: 255.255.224.0 Pattern: Multiples of 32
Mask: 255.255.240.0 Pattern:
Multiples of 16