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What
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Subnet Mask is deduced from the subnet structure (See "What
is a subnet ?"). All bits corresponding to the Network and Subnet are "1"s and all bits corresponding to the Host are "0"s. |
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| To the Class B IP: | nnnnnnnn.nnnnnnnn.sssssshh.hhhhhhhh | |||
| Corresponds the subnet mask: | 11111111.11111111.11111100.00000000 | |||
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| This Subnet Mask in dotted decimal notation is 255.255.252.0. The "number of bits set to 1" notation is also commonly used. In this example, there are 22 "1"s so we write "/22". | ||||
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