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Subnetting speed game

How many subnetting questions can you answer in 60 seconds? Pick a level, tap the right answer, build a streak for bonus points and beat your best score.

Choose your level

  • 60 seconds per game.
  • +10 points for each correct answer, plus a streak bonus (+2 for every correct answer in a row).
  • A wrong answer costs 3 seconds and resets your streak.
  • At the end you see every mistake with the working explained.

How to get faster

  1. Learn the block sizes. /25 = 128, /26 = 64, /27 = 32, /28 = 16, /29 = 8, /30 = 4. The same pattern repeats in every octet.
  2. Find the interesting octet: the one where the mask is not 255 or 0.
  3. Network address = the multiple of the block size at or below the IP in that octet.
  4. Broadcast = next network minus 1. Usable hosts = 2host bits − 2.

Stuck? Read subnetting in your head, print the free IPv4 subnetting cheat sheet, or check answers with the subnet calculator.

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