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Calculate network, broadcast, usable host range, subnet mask and wildcard mask from any IPv4 CIDR block.
This calculator expands any IPv4 CIDR block (RFC 4632) into its full subnet breakdown: network and broadcast addresses, first and last usable host, subnet mask, wildcard mask, and host count using 2^(32−prefix) − 2. It handles the special cases generic tools get wrong — /31 point-to-point links with two usable addresses per RFC 3021, /32 host routes, and /0 — and labels the block as RFC 1918 private, loopback, link-local, CGN, multicast or public. Built for network engineers, cloud architects and anyone carving up a VPC.
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/31 returns 2 usable hosts per RFC 3021 and /32 returns a host route, instead of the naive minus-two formula going negative.
Every result shows the ACL-style inverse mask alongside the dotted netmask.
The block is identified as RFC 1918 private, loopback, link-local, carrier-grade NAT, multicast or public.
A /24 has 254 usable hosts, a /26 has 62, and a /30 has 2. The formula is 2^(32−prefix) − 2, subtracting the network and broadcast addresses. So /24 gives 256 − 2 = 254 and /26 gives 64 − 2 = 62.
RFC 3021 defines /31 for point-to-point links: with only two addresses in the block, both are assigned to the link endpoints and no broadcast address exists. The classic minus-two rule would give zero, which is why /31 is treated specially by this calculator and by modern router operating systems.
A wildcard mask is the bitwise inverse of the subnet mask, used in Cisco ACLs and OSPF network statements. For a /26 the subnet mask is 255.255.255.192 and the wildcard is 0.0.0.63 — 0 bits mean 'must match' and 1 bits mean 'don't care'.
AND the address with the subnet mask to get the network address, then OR the network with the inverted mask to get the broadcast. For 192.168.1.130/26: the mask is 255.255.255.192, the network is 192.168.1.128 and the broadcast is 192.168.1.191, leaving 129–190 usable.
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