5. A / 30 subnet mask is applied to a packet with a destination of 172.16.123.244. What subnet is the packet sent to? The subnet can be answered in a form of the network address. Show your work and/or explain your answer

The data packet is sent to the 172.16.0.0 subnet.

172.16.123.244 255.255.255.252

Explanation:

Subnet mask is a 32-bit number that separates the IP address into network part and host part.

Subnet 172.16.123.244 / 30 receives the packet

Block size : 2^ (32-30) = 4

Number of IP: 4

Number of Useable Hosts: 2

The remaining 2 for broadcast and network address

Network Address: 172.16.123.244

Broadcast Address: 172.16.123.247