The Question is wrong . It should be: each "packet" [NOT HOST, IT IS WRONG ] in the network is identified by 48 bit number
Each "packet" in the network is identified by 48 bit number
Host Wrap Around Time = Total no of Packets / Total no of IDs generated by IPv4 hosts.
It is a IPv4 network, So, Consider the no of hosts to be 2^32 i.e equal to the number of IP addresses and 1 host generates 500 packets.
Total Packets generated = 2 ^ 48 packets
Rate of generation = [(2^32) * 500] packets per second
Host Wrap Around Time 2^[48-32] / 500 = 131.072 seconds.
REFER GATE QUESTION : GATE-CS-2014-(Set-3) | Question 65