Settting up 8 IP address subnet. XXX.XXX.XXX.248/29

I want to set up an 8 IP Address subnet from 192.168.22.248 to 192.168.22.255 on one of the ethernet ports on a cloud core router. What are the entries for the “Network” for such a subnet?
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Hi,

Maybe a quick intro to subnetting is apporpriate based on your subject line - below a quick breakdown using a couple of examples:

Network: 192.168.0.0/30
HostMin: 192.168.0.1
HostMax: 192.168.0.2
Broadcast: 192.168.0.3
Hosts/Net: 2

Network: 192.168.0.0/29
HostMin: 192.168.0.1
HostMax: 192.168.0.6
Broadcast: 192.168.0.7
Hosts/Net: 6

Network: 192.168.0.0/28
HostMin: 192.168.0.1
HostMax: 192.168.0.14
Broadcast: 192.168.0.15
Hosts/Net: 14

As you can see a /29 gives at best 6 hosts while a /28 gives 14 hosts. Creating a 8 host subnet is not possible.

One other important comment around the VRRP you posted.

  • VRRP assumed 2 routers who will have the shared responsiblity to announce a specific gateway IP
  • Using 192.168.0.0/29 as example
  • You want the default gateway for the segment to be 192.168.0.1
  • As such router 1 should have an ip of 192.168.0.2/29
  • Router 2 should have an ip of 192.168.0.3/29
  • The important point then - both routers will have 192.168.0.1/32 assigned to their vrrp ip. Most important please note the /32 not /29
  • The VRRP IP should be in the same subnet as the main network

Cheers

Thanks for your response.

Lets just say that I would like a 6 host subnet with the network addresses as follows

Network: 192.168.22.148/29
HostMin: 192.168.22.249
HostMax: 192.168.22.254
Broadcast: 192.168.22.255
Hosts/Net: 6

The purpose being I want to have redundant routers with one router at 192.168.22.252
The other router at 192.168.22.254
and the VRRP address to be 192.168.22.253

I would then have up to 3 hosts at 192.168.22.249-.251

I am then asking if I am correct in the settings for the Interface entries per my original question.

Ethernet port:
Address: 192.168.22.252/29
Network: 192.168.22.248

VRRP
Address: 192.168.22.253
Network: 192.168.22.248


Thanks