Yourself. Assume that you have been assigned the 192.168.1.0/24 network. You need to create 6 subnets. a. How many bits do you need to borrow from the host field for the subnet field? We need to borrow 3 bits: 1 bit would give us 2 subnets, 2 would give us 4, and 3 would give us 8. b. What is the maximum number of subnets that can be created with this number of bits? We can create 23 = 8 subnets. c. How many bits can be used to create the host space? Each byte has 8 bits—we are using 3 bits to define the subnets, and this leaves us with 5 bits for the host space. Jerry FitzGerald. Business Data Communications and Networking, 13th Edition (p. 154). Kindle Edition.