What is the broadcast address of the network 192.168.201.112/28?

To determine the broadcast address of the network 192.168.201.112 with a subnet mask of /28, it’s essential to first understand the implications of the CIDR notation. A /28 subnet mask means that there are 28 bits allocated for the network portion of the address and 4 bits left for host addresses. This creates a total of 16 IP addresses (from 0 to 15) within this subnet.

Next, we need to calculate the range of valid IP addresses in this subnet:

• The network address is the first address, which in this case is 192.168.201.112.

• To find the broadcast address, we identify the last address in the subnet. With a /28 subnet, the last address is determined by taking the network address and adding 15 (as it includes addresses from 0 to 15).

Calculating this gives us:

192.168.201.112 (network address)

• 0.0.0.15 (last 4 bits used for hosts)

= 192.168.201.127

Thus, the broadcast address for the network 192.168.201.112/28 is indeed 192.168.201.127. The