You are given the following information about the IP address of a host connected to the network, 172.16.66.0/21. Determine the number of network (N), subnet (S), and host (H) bits. Which of the following statements are TRUE?
A) N = 16
B) S = 14
C) H = 4
D) S = 6

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A) The 172.16.66.0/21 IPv4 address is a Class B address, which gives you 16 network bits and 16 host bits. The /21, or 255.255.248.0, mask further splits the 16 host bits: 5 for subnet and 11 for host.

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