Class A Host
Class A Host
Class A Host
Class A
Number of
Bits Borrowed Subnet Effective Number of Number of
Subnet
from Host Portion Mask Subnets Hosts/Subnet Mask Bits
------- --------------- --------- -------------
-------------
1 255.128.0.0 2 8388606 /9
2 255.192.0.0 4 4194302 /10
3 255.224.0.0 8 2097150 /11
4 255.240.0.0 16 1048574 /12
5 255.248.0.0 32 524286 /13
6 255.252.0.0 64 262142 /14
7 255.254.0.0 128 131070 /15
8 255.255.0.0 256 65534 /16
9 255.255.128.0 512 32766 /17
10 255.255.192.0 1024 16382 /18
11 255.255.224.0 2048 8190 /19
12 255.255.240.0 4096 4094 /20
13 255.255.248.0 8192 2046 /21
14 255.255.252.0 16384 1022 /22
15 255.255.254.0 32768 510 /23
16 255.255.255.0 65536 254 /24
17 255.255.255.128 131072 126 /25
18 255.255.255.192 262144 62 /26
19 255.255.255.224 524288 30 /27
20 255.255.255.240 1048576 14 /28
21 255.255.255.248 2097152 6 /29
22 255.255.255.252 4194304 2 /30
23 255.255.255.254 8388608 2* /31
Subnetting Example
The first entry in the Class A table (/10 subnet mask) borrows two bits (the leftmost bits) from the host
portion of the network for subnetting, then with two bits you have four (22) combinations, 00, 01, 10, and 11.
Each of these will represent a subnet.