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In this diagram, you can see the subnet mask with
Prefix Length![](/images/new-backgrounds/1166553/16655359xi2.webp)
No. of IP matched![](/images/new-backgrounds/1166553/16655359xi4.webp)
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| /31 | 2 | - |
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| /30 | 4 | 2 |
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| /29 | 8 | 6 |
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| /28 | 16 | 14 |
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| /27 | 32 | 30 |
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| /26 | 64 | 62 |
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| /25 | 128 | 126 |
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| /24 | 256 | 254 |
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| /23 | 512 | 510 |
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| /22 | 1024 | 1022 |
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| /21 | 2048 | 2046 |
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| /20 | 4096 | 4094 |
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| /19 | 8192 | 8190 |
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| /18 | 16384 | 16382 |
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| /17 | 32768 | 32766 |
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| /16 | 65536 | 65534 |
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According to the scheme above, a subnet mask 255.255.255.0 will partition a network with the class C. It means there will have a maximum of 254 effective nodes existed in this
With the subnet mask, a bigger network can be cut into small pieces of network. If we want to have more than two independent networks in a worknet, a partition to the network must be performed. In this case, subnet mask must be applied.
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