Notes from ICND 2: Route Summarization Worksheet Example Mr.

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Summary Subnet #
Decimal value of common 10
bits in one octet 3 4 0

Networks to be summarized
10.3.4.0 0000 1010 0000 0011 0000 0100 0000 0000
10.3.5.0 0000 1010 0000 0011 0000 0101 0000 0000
10.3.6.0 0000 1010 0000 0011 0000 0110 0000 0000
10.3.7.0 0000 1010 0000 0011 0000 0111 0000 0000
Summary Mask Binary 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1100 0000 0000
Summary Mask 255
Decimal value of octet with all 255 252 0
COMMON bits on (set to1)

Manual route summarization process

1. List all subnets to be summarized in binary

2. To determine the “summary subnet number,” determine the “common bit count” for all networks and
convert the uncommon bits to binary zero, regardless of its original value.

3. Convert each octet to its decimal value. Remember to sum up only the common bits in the interesting octet
maintaining their original bit place value.

4. To determine the “summary mask number,” again from the original network numbers in binary, convert the
all of the common bits to binary ones, and the uncommon bits to binary zeroes, regardless of their original
value.

5. Convert each octet to its decimal value to get the summary subnet mask. Determine the range of networks
that are summarized with this mask by using the incrementing value of the subnet summary mask. (The
rightmost common bit place value, in the incrementing octet). Note the range of networks that are
summarized with this mask.

Note: In the example below, notice that these are not all of the possible networks that will be summarized by this
mask. The number of networks should be the incrementing value or block size of the value in the
rightmost common bit place value in the interesting octet.

Summary Subnet #
Decimal value of common 10
bits in one octet 2 0 0

Networks to be summarized
10.2.1.0 0000 1010 0000 0010 0000 0001 0000 0000
10.2.2.0 0000 1010 0000 0010 0000 0010 0000 0000
10.2.3.0 0000 1010 0000 0010 0000 0011 0000 0000
10.2.4.0 0000 1010 0000 0010 0000 0100 0000 0000
Summary Mask Binary 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1000 0000 0000
Summary Mask 255 255 248 0
Decimal value of octet with all
COMMON bits on (set to1)
Notes from ICND 2: Route Summarization Worksheet
Verify your work by checking the range and which networks will be summarized with this mask by writing out all
possible bit combinations for the uncommon bits in the incrementing octet of the summary mask. Convert them
to decimal to find out the exact network numbers. Note that the number of networks is the incrementing value
or block size of the incrementing octet. This will allow you to know all networks that will be summarized by the
mask and prevent overlapping address from occurring.

Summary Subnet #
Decimal value of common 10
bits in one octet 2 0 0

Networks to be summarized
10.2.0.0 0000 1010 0000 0010 0000 0000 0000 0000
10.2.1.0 0000 1010 0000 0010 0000 0001 0000 0000
10.2.2.0 0000 1010 0000 0010 0000 0010 0000 0000
10.2.3.0 0000 1010 0000 0010 0000 0011 0000 0000
10.2.4.0 0000 1010 0000 0010 0000 0100 0000 0000
10.2.5.0 0000 1010 0000 0010 0000 0101 0000 0000
10.2.6.0 0000 1010 0000 0010 0000 0110 0000 0000
10.2.7.0 0000 1010 0000 0010 0000 0111 0000 0000
Summary Mask Binary 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1000 0000 0000
Summary Mask 255 255 248 0
Decimal value of octet with all
COMMON bits on (set to1)

Summary Subnet #
Decimal value of common
bits in one octet

Networks to be summarized

Summary Mask Binary

Summary Mask
Decimal value of octet with all
COMMON bits on (set to1)