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Suppose computers $A$ and $B$ have $IP$ addresses $10.105.1.113$ and $10.105.1.91$ respectively and they both use same netmask $N$. Which of the values of $N$ given below should not be used if $A$ and $B$ should belong to the same network?

  1. $255.255.255.0$
  2. $255.255.255.128$
  3. $255.255.255.192$
  4. $255.255.255.224$
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D is correct answer because:

When we perform $AND$ operation between $IP$ address $10.105.1.113$ and $255.255.255.224$ result is  $10.105.1.96$

When we perform $AND$ operation between $IP$ address  $10.105.1.91$ and $255.255.255.224$ result is $10.105.1.64$

$10.105.1.96$ and $10.105.1.64$ are different network so $D$ is correct answer.

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ANSWER : OPTION D
 

Method-  

128  64  32  16  8  4  2  1

  0     1   1    1   0  0  0  1  --- (113 last octet of first address)
  
  0     1    0   1   1  0   1  1  ----(91 last octet of second address)

Now, first MSB and second bit matching but 3rd bit is different.

so , we need 3  continos one's in mask, for different network.
So mask will be 255.255.255.224
 

@Arjun Sir please check , this method is also right or not?
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The last octets of IP addresses of A and B 

A:113 (01110001) and

B: 91 (01011011). 

The netmask in option (D) has first three bits are 111  in last octet. If netmask has first 3 bits set, then these bits must be same in A and B, but that is not the case. we can say option (D) is not a valid netmask because doing binary ‘&’ of it with addresses of A and B doesn’t give the same network address. It must be same address as A and B are on same network. 

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To solve these kind of questions, first approach should be finding network ID

Now given all the subnet masks, try to calculate Network ID for both the IP addresses and you will find out that

last octet of both the IP addresses are 113 and 91 respectively

With 224 in the last octet of Subnet mask, we are not able to get same Network ID as

113 is 01101111 and

  91 is 01011011 

with 0 mask we get 0 as network id

with 128 we get 0 as network id

with 192 we get 64 as network id

but with 224 we get different network ids

Hence option with 224 in the last octet is the correct answer.

 

 

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