A Server Administrator Is Setting Up a New Set of Hosts

question 278

Multiple Choice

A server administrator is setting up a new set of hosts for an application that requires communication between all the hosts on a dedicated private subnet. Initially, the configuration consists of four hosts and is expected to grow to 48 total as the application is implemented for the entire company. When configuring the private subnet, which of the following CIDR netmasks would allow for the full number of hosts once the application is fully in production with the least number of unused addresses allocated?

• A) /25
• B) /26
• C) /27
• D) /28

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