My Experience on This Lab
In this assignment, I practiced calculating subnet information using CIDR notation. I used the methods from class to determine the network address, broadcast address, first usable IP, last usable IP, and the total number of hosts for two different subnets. I also completed a short Bash script for the extra credit to print numbers using both a for loop and a while loop.
Key Concepts I learned
This assignment reinforced how subnet masks define network and host portions of an IP address. I gained more confidence converting between decimal and binary, calculating block sizes, and determining usable ranges. It also connected basic scripting concepts with networking tasks.
Challenges:
The most challenging part was staying consistent when converting to binary and making sure the network and broadcast calculations were correct. Double-checking the block size helped avoid mistakes. Also the bash scripting took a little effort since scripting is not my strong suit.