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Consider class C network 192.203.16.0 has three department X, Y, Z. In class Y has 510 hosts, X has 287 hosts, Z has 254 hosts.

What is the DBA of  department X and Y.

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Comments

it is similar to this

https://gateoverflow.in/281239/subnetting

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Doesnt class c allow only 256 hosts per Network?

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Yes..class C allows only 254 hosts but we can think of it as supernetting two class c networks inorder to satisfy the dept requirement of more than 254 hosts.