CIDR stands for Classless Inter-Domain Routing. CIDR was developed in the 1990s as a standard scheme for routing network traffic across the Internet.
/27 1/8th of a Class C 32 hosts
/26 1/4th of a Class C 64 hosts
/25 1/2 of a Class C 128 hosts
/24 1 Class C 256 hosts
/23 2 Class C 512 hosts
/22 4 Class C 1,024 hosts
/21 8 Class C 2,048 hosts
/20 16 Class C 4,096 hosts
/19 32 Class C 8,192 hosts
/18 64 Class C 16,384 hosts
/17 128 Class C 32,768 hosts
/16 256 Class C 65,536 hosts (= 1 Class B)
/15 512 Class C 131,072 hosts
/14 1,024 Class C 262,144 hosts
/13 2,048 Class C 524,288 hosts
CIDR Notation
| IP/CIDR | ? to last IP addr | Mask | Hosts (*) | Class | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a.b.c.d/32 | +0.0.0.0 | 255.255.255.255 | 1 | 1/256 C | |
| a.b.c.d/31 | +0.0.0.1 | 255.255.255.254 | 2 | 1/128 C | d = 0 … (2n) … 254 |
| a.b.c.d/30 | +0.0.0.3 | 255.255.255.252 | 4 | 1/64 C | d = 0 … (4n) … 252 |
| a.b.c.d/29 | +0.0.0.7 | 255.255.255.248 | 8 | 1/32 C | d = 0 … (8n) … 248 |
| a.b.c.d/28 | +0.0.0.15 | 255.255.255.240 | 16 | 1/16 C | d = 0 … (16n) … 240 |
| a.b.c.d/27 | +0.0.0.31 | 255.255.255.224 | 32 | 1/8 C | d = 0 … (32n) … 224 |
| a.b.c.d/26 | +0.0.0.63 | 255.255.255.192 | 64 | 1/4 C | d = 0, 64, 128, 192 |
| a.b.c.d/25 | +0.0.0.127 | 255.255.255.128 | 128 | 1/2 C | d = 0, 128 |
| a.b.c.0/24 | +0.0.0.255 | 255.255.255.000 | 256 | 1 C | |
| a.b.c.0/23 | +0.0.1.255 | 255.255.254.000 | 512 | 2 C | c = 0 … (2n) … 254 |
| a.b.c.0/22 | +0.0.3.255 | 255.255.252.000 | 1,024 | 4 C | c = 0 … (4n) … 252 |
| a.b.c.0/21 | +0.0.7.255 | 255.255.248.000 | 2,048 | 8 C | c = 0 … (8n) … 248 |
| a.b.c.0/20 | +0.0.15.255 | 255.255.240.000 | 4,096 | 16 C | c = 0 … (16n) … 240 |
| a.b.c.0/19 | +0.0.31.255 | 255.255.224.000 | 8,192 | 32 C | c = 0 … (32n) … 224 |
| a.b.c.0/18 | +0.0.63.255 | 255.255.192.000 | 16,384 | 64 C | c = 0, 64, 128, 192 |
| a.b.c.0/17 | +0.0.127.255 | 255.255.128.000 | 32,768 | 128 C | c = 0, 128 |
| a.b.0.0/16 | +0.0.255.255 | 255.255.000.000 | 65,536 | 256 C = 1 B | |
| a.b.0.0/15 | +0.1.255.255 | 255.254.000.000 | 131,072 | 2 B | b = 0 … (2n) … 254 |
| a.b.0.0/14 | +0.3.255.255 | 255.252.000.000 | 262,144 | 4 B | b = 0 … (4n) … 252 |
| a.b.0.0/13 | +0.7.255.255 | 255.248.000.000 | 524,288 | 8 B | b = 0 … (8n) … 248 |
| a.b.0.0/12 | +0.15.255.255 | 255.240.000.000 | 1,048,576 | 16 B | b = 0 … (16n) … 240 |
| a.b.0.0/11 | +0.31.255.255 | 255.224.000.000 | 2,097,152 | 32 B | b = 0 … (32n) … 224 |
| a.b.0.0/10 | +0.63.255.255 | 255.192.000.000 | 4,194,304 | 64 B | b = 0, 64, 128, 192 |
| a.b.0.0/9 | +0.127.255.255 | 255.128.000.000 | 8,388,608 | 128 B | b = 0, 128 |
| a.0.0.0/8 | +0.255.255.255 | 255.000.000.000 | 16,777,216 | 256 B = 1 A | |
| a.0.0.0/7 | +1.255.255.255 | 254.000.000.000 | 33,554,432 | 2 A | a = 0 … (2n) … 254 |
| a.0.0.0/6 | +3.255.255.255 | 252.000.000.000 | 67,108,864 | 4 A | a = 0 … (4n) … 252 |
| a.0.0.0/5 | +7.255.255.255 | 248.000.000.000 | 134,217,728 | 8 A | a = 0 … (8n) … 248 |
| a.0.0.0/4 | +15.255.255.255 | 240.000.000.000 | 268,435,456 | 16 A | a = 0 … (16n) … 240 |
| a.0.0.0/3 | +31.255.255.255 | 224.000.000.000 | 536,870,912 | 32 A | a = 0 … (32n) … 224 |
| a.0.0.0/2 | +63.255.255.255 | 192.000.000.000 | 1,073,741,824 | 64 A | a = 0, 64, 128, 192 |
| a.0.0.0/1 | +127.255.255.255 | 128.000.000.000 | 2,147,483,648 | 128 A | a = 0, 128 |
| 0.0.0.0/0 | +255.255.255.255 | 000.000.000.000 | 4,294,967,296 | 256 A |
The link below is quite useful for creating CIDR entries:
http://bonomo.info/coyote/cidr-calculator.php
