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CIDR Guide for Network Admins

The document provides a table that details the number of networks and hosts allowed with each CIDR length and equivalent subnet mask. It explains that CIDR accomplishes the same task as traditional subnet masking by defining which IP addresses and how many host addresses are allowed on a network based on the number of bits used in the CIDR notation or subnet mask. It also defines class A, B, and C networks, specifying the range of allowed host addresses and equivalent CIDR notation or subnet mask for each class.

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CIDR Guide for Network Admins

The document provides a table that details the number of networks and hosts allowed with each CIDR length and equivalent subnet mask. It explains that CIDR accomplishes the same task as traditional subnet masking by defining which IP addresses and how many host addresses are allowed on a network based on the number of bits used in the CIDR notation or subnet mask. It also defines class A, B, and C networks, specifying the range of allowed host addresses and equivalent CIDR notation or subnet mask for each class.

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CIDR Conversion Table

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes

CIDR notation accomplishes the same task as network subnet masking. CIDR defines which IP addresses, and how many host IP
addresses will be allowed on the network. The following table details how many networks and IP addresses are allowed with each
CIDR length and equivalent subnet masks.

What does CIDR mean?

CIDR stands for Classlesss Inter-Domain Routing. It enables network administrators to group blocks of IP addresses into single
routing networks. CIDR accomplishes the same task as traditional subnet masking.

To understand what CIDR notation means, take the IP address 192.168.0.15 and the /24 CIDR, for example. 192.168.0.15 defines
the address prefix, and /24 defines the number of bits reserved for the netmask. This means that the first 24 bits of the IP address
are reserved for network routing. Thus, writing 192.168.0.15/24 means the same thing as using the 255.255.255.0 subnet mask for
the 192.168.0.15 IP address. This means that the last 8 bits of the IP address are reserved for host IP addresses, thus IP
addresses 192.168.0.15 through 192.168.0.255 will be allowed as host IP addresses on the network.

CIDR Conversion Table


CIDR # of
Mask #  of Hosts
Length Networks

/1 128.0.0.0 128 A 2,147,483,392


/2 192.0.0.0 64 A 1,073,741,696

/3 224.0.0.0 32 A 536,870,848

/4 240.0.0.0 16 A 268,435,424

/5 248.0.0.0 8A 134,217,712

/6 252.0.0.0 4A 67,108,856

/7 254.0.0.0 2A 33,554,428

/8 255.0.0.0 1A 16,777,214

/9 255.128.0.0 128 B 8,388,352

/10 255.192.0.0 64 B 4,194,176

/11 255.224.0.0 32 B 2,097,088

/12 255.240.0.0 16 B 1,048,544

/13 255.248.0.0 8B 524,272

/14 255.252.0.0 4B 262,136

/15 255.254.0.0 2B 131,068

/16 255.255.0.0 1B 65,024

/17 255.255.128.0 128 C 32,512


/18 255.255.192.0 64 C 16,256

/19 255.255.224.0 32 C 8,128

/20 255.255.240.0 16 C 4,064

/21 255.255.248.0 8C 2,032

/22 255.255.252.0 4C 1,016

/23 255.255.254.0 2C 508

/24 255.255.255.0 1C 254

2
/25 255.255.255.128 124
subnets

4
/26 255.255.255.192 62
subnets

8
/27 255.255.255.224 30
subnets

16
/28 255.255.255.240 14
subnets

32
/29 255.255.255.248 6
subnets
64
/30 255.255.255.252 2
subnets

/31 255.255.255.254 none none

/32 255.255.255.255 none 1

Class A, B, and C Networks:

The above table uses Class A, B, and C to define network types. Network classes define how many addresses are allowed on the
network, with class A being the largest and class C being the smallest. Specific size details are defined in the following class
definitions:

Class A: Allows 224 host addresses on the network. The starting host address is 0.0.0.0 and the ending address is 127.0.0.0.
These networks use the 255.0.0.0 subnet mask, or /8 CIDR notation.

Class B: Allows 216 host addresses on the network. The starting host address is 128.0.0.0 and the ending address is 191.255.0.0.
These networks use the 255.255.0.0 subnet mask, or /16 CIDR notation.

Class C: Allows 28 host addresses on the network. The starting host address is 192.0.0.0 and the ending address is
223.255.255.0. These networks use the 255.255.255.0 subnet mask, or /24 CIDR notation.

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