A DHCP server is used to assign IP addresses dynamically to the hosts on a network. The address pool is configured with 172.30.8.0/24. There are 7 printers on this network that need to use reserved static IP addresses from the pool. How many IP addresses in the pool are left to be assigned to other hosts?

IT Questions Bank › Category: Networking Essentials › A DHCP server is used to assign IP addresses dynamically to the hosts on a network. The address pool is configured with 172.30.8.0/24. There are 7 printers on this network that need to use reserved static IP addresses from the pool. How many IP addresses in the pool are left to be assigned to other hosts?

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247

Explanation: If the block of addresses allocated to the pool is 172.30.8.0/24, there are 254 IP addresses to be assigned to hosts on the network. As there are 7 printers which need to have their addresses assigned statically, then there are 247 IP addresses left for assignment.

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