# Lab 6.1: Simple Subnet Design ### Summary This lab was pretty easy all around but it was really hard to get my head around what the new subnet mas in dotted-decimal would look like and why it became a /26 network. If you must support X equal-sized subnets, you will need the number of bits 2 is raised, so let's say you need 4 equal subnets 2 to the 2nd is 4 so you would need 2 bits. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://paul-gleason.gitbook.io/net-150-network-fundamentals/labs/lab-6.1-simple-subnet-design.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.