An IPv4/IPv6 Subnet Calculator
SubNetCalc is an IPv4/IPv6 subnet address calculator. For given IPv4 or IPv6 address and netmask or prefix length, it calculates network address, broadcast address, maximum number of hosts and host address range. Also, it prints the addresses in binary format for better understandability. Furthermore, it prints useful information on specific address types (e.g. type, scope, interface ID, etc.).
See the manpage of subnetcalc for details!
subnetcalc 172.31.255.254 255.255.255.0
subnetcalc 172.31.255.254 24
subnetcalc fec0:2345:6789:1111:221:6aff:fe0b:2674 56
subnetcalc www.iem.uni-due.de 24
subnetcalc fd00:: 64 -uniquelocal
subnetcalc fd00::9876:256:7bff:fe1b:3255 56 -uniquelocalhq
My host has IP 132.252.150.254 and netmask 255.255.255.240. What are the details of its network?
user@host:~$ subnetcalc 132.252.150.254 255.255.255.240
Address = 132.252.150.254
10000100 . 11111100 . 10010110 . 11111110
Network = 132.252.150.240 / 28
Netmask = 255.255.255.240
Broadcast = 132.252.150.255
Wildcard Mask = 0.0.0.15
Hex. Address = 84FC96FE
Hosts Bits = 4
Max. Hosts = 14 (2^4 - 2)
Host Range = { 132.252.150.241 - 132.252.150.254 }
Properties =
- 132.252.150.254 is a HOST address in 132.252.150.240/28
- Class B
DNS Hostname = dummy.iem.uni-due.de
Consider host www.heise.de uses a 64-bit prefix length. What are the details of its network?
user@host:~$ subnetcalc www.heise.de 64
Address = 2a02:2e0:3fe:1001:7777:772e:2:85
2a02 = 00101010 00000010
02e0 = 00000010 11100000
03fe = 00000011 11111110
1001 = 00010000 00000001
7777 = 01110111 01110111
772e = 01110111 00101110
0002 = 00000000 00000010
0085 = 00000000 10000101
Network = 2a02:2e0:3fe:1001:: / 64
Netmask = ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::
Wildcard Mask = ::ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff
Hosts Bits = 64
Max. Hosts = 18446744073709551615 (2^64 - 1)
Host Range = { 2a02:2e0:3fe:1001::1 - 2a02:2e0:3fe:1001:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff }
Properties =
- 2a02:2e0:3fe:1001:7777:772e:2:85 is a HOST address in 2a02:2e0:3fe:1001::/64
- Global Unicast Properties:
+ Interface ID = 7777:772e:0002:0085
+ Solicited Node Multicast Address = ff02::1:ff02:0085
+ 6-to-4 Address = 2.224.3.254
DNS Hostname = www.heise.de
My new host should use Interface ID 0x100 and Subnet ID 0x1234. Generate a Unique Local IPv6 prefix (40-bit Global ID) for my intranet, using high-quality random numbers!
user@host:~$ subnetcalc 0:0:0:1234::1 56 -uniquelocalhq
Generating Unique Local IPv6 address (using /dev/random) ...
Address = fd97:1303:1402:1234::1
fd97 = 11111101 10010111
1303 = 00010011 00000011
1402 = 00010100 00000010
1234 = 00010010 00110100
0000 = 00000000 00000000
0000 = 00000000 00000000
0000 = 00000000 00000000
0001 = 00000000 00000001
Network = fd97:1303:1402:1200:: / 56
Netmask = ffff:ffff:ffff:ff00::
Wildcard Mask = ::ff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff
Hosts Bits = 72
Max. Hosts = 4722366482869645213695 (2^72 - 1)
Host Range = { fd97:1303:1402:1200::1 - fd97:1303:1402:12ff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff }
Properties =
- fd97:1303:1402:1234::1 is a HOST address in fd97:1303:1402:1200::/56
- Unique Local Unicast Properties:
+ Locally chosen
+ Global ID = 9713031402
+ Subnet ID = 1234
+ Interface ID = 0000:0000:0000:0001
+ Solicited Node Multicast Address = ff02::1:ff00:0001
DNS Hostname = (Name or service not known)
Which are DNS reverse lookup name and geo location country of IP 2402:f000:1:400::2?
user@host:~$ subnetcalc 2402:f000:1:400::2
Address = 2402:f000:1:400::2
2402 = 00100100 00000010
f000 = 11110000 00000000
0001 = 00000000 00000001
0400 = 00000100 00000000
0000 = 00000000 00000000
0000 = 00000000 00000000
0000 = 00000000 00000000
0002 = 00000000 00000010
Network = 2402:f000:1:400::2 / 128
Netmask = ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff
Wildcard Mask = ::
Hosts Bits = 0
Max. Hosts = 1 (2^0 - 0)
Host Range = { 2402:f000:1:400::2 - 2402:f000:1:400::2 }
Properties =
- 2402:f000:1:400::2 is a HOST address in 2402:f000:1:400::2/128
- Global Unicast Properties:
+ Interface ID = 0000:0000:0000:0002
+ Solicited Node Multicast Address = ff02::1:ff00:0002
+ 6-to-4 Address = 240.0.0.1
GeoIP Country = China (CN)
DNS Hostname = bg-in-x68.1e100.net
Which are the MAC address and Solicited Node Multicast address of 2001:638:501:4ef8:223:aeff:fea4:8ca9/64?
user@host:~$ subnetcalc 2001:638:501:4ef8:223:aeff:fea4:8ca9/64
Address = 2001:638:501:4ef8:223:aeff:fea4:8ca9
2001 = 00100000 00000001
0638 = 00000110 00111000
0501 = 00000101 00000001
4ef8 = 01001110 11111000
0223 = 00000010 00100011
aeff = 10101110 11111111
fea4 = 11111110 10100100
8ca9 = 10001100 10101001
Network = 2001:638:501:4ef8:: / 64
Netmask = ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::
Wildcard Mask = ::ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff
Hosts Bits = 64
Max. Hosts = 18446744073709551615 (2^64 - 1)
Host Range = { 2001:638:501:4ef8::1 - 2001:638:501:4ef8:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff }
Properties =
- 2001:638:501:4ef8:223:aeff:fea4:8ca9 is a HOST address in 2001:638:501:4ef8::/64
- Global Unicast Properties:
+ Interface ID = 0223:aeff:fea4:8ca9
+ MAC Address = 00:23:ae:a4:8c:a9
+ Solicited Node Multicast Address = ff02::1:ffa4:8ca9
DNS Hostname = (Name or service not known)
Please use the issue tracker at https://github.com/dreibh/subnetcalc/issues to report bugs and issues!
For ready-to-install Ubuntu Linux packages of SubNetCalc, see Launchpad PPA for Thomas Dreibholz!
sudo apt-add-repository -sy ppa:dreibh/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install subnetcalc
For ready-to-install Fedora Linux packages of SubNetCalc, see COPR PPA for Thomas Dreibholz!
sudo dnf copr enable -y dreibh/ppa
sudo dnf install subnetcalc
For ready-to-install FreeBSD packages of SubNetCalc, it is included in the ports collection, see Index of /head/net/subnetcalc/!
pkg install subnetcalc
Alternatively, to compile it from the ports sources:
cd /usr/ports/net/subnetcalc
make
make install
SubNetCalc is released under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL).
Please use the issue tracker at https://github.com/dreibh/subnetcalc/issues to report bugs and issues!
The Git repository of the SubNetCalc sources can be found at https://github.com/dreibh/subnetcalc:
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Issue tracker: https://github.com/dreibh/subnetcalc/issues. Please submit bug reports, issues, questions, etc. in the issue tracker!
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Pull Requests for SubNetCalc: https://github.com/dreibh/subnetcalc/pulls. Your contributions to SubNetCalc are always welcome!
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CI build tests of SubNetCalc: https://github.com/dreibh/subnetcalc/actions.
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