Networking Cheat Sheet

Glossary

Term	Description
CIDR	‘Classless Inter-Domain Routing’. Method for allocating IPv4 (& IPv6) addresses for routing to help slow the exhaustion of addresses. Encompasses CIDR Notation & VLSM ­— Wikipedia
CIDR Notation	Shorthand for the ‘subnet mask’
VLSM	‘Variable Length Submasking’. Create subnets within subnets, which can be different sizes, so there are fewer unused IP addresses.
Wildcard mask	Inverse of the subnet mask

Subnet masks

CIDR	Subnet mask	Wildcard mask	# of IP addresses	# of usable IP addresses
/32	255.255.255.255	0.0.0.0	1	1
/31	255.255.255.254	0.0.0.1	2	2*
/30	255.255.255.252	0.0.0.3	4	2
/29	255.255.255.248	0.0.0.7	8	6
/28	255.255.255.240	0.0.0.15	16	14
/27	255.255.255.224	0.0.0.31	32	30
/26	255.255.255.192	0.0.0.63	64	62
/25	255.255.255.128	0.0.0.127	128	126
/24	255.255.255.0	0.0.0.255	256	254
/23	255.255.254.0	0.0.1.255	512	510
/22	255.255.252.0	0.0.3.255	1,024	1,022
/21	255.255.248.0	0.0.7.255	2,048	2,046
/20	255.255.240.0	0.0.15.255	4,096	4,094
/19	255.255.224.0	0.0.31.255	8,192	8,190
/18	255.255.192.0	0.0.63.255	16,384	16,382
/17	255.255.128.0	0.0.127.255	32,768	32,766
/16	255.255.0.0	0.0.255.255	65,536	65,534
/15	255.254.0.0	0.1.255.255	131,072	131,070
/14	255.252.0.0	0.3.255.255	262,144	262,142
/13	255.248.0.0	0.7.255.255	524,288	524,286
/12	255.240.0.0	0.15.255.255	1,048,576	1,048,574
/11	255.224.0.0	0.31.255.255	2,097,152	2,097,150
/10	255.192.0.0	0.63.255.255	4,194,304	4,194,302
/9	255.128.0.0	0.127.255.255	8,388,608	8,388,606
/8	255.0.0.0	0.255.255.255	16,777,216	16,777,214
/7	254.0.0.0	1.255.255.255	33,554,432	33,554,430
/6	252.0.0.0	3.255.255.255	67,108,864	67,108,862
/5	248.0.0.0	7.255.255.255	134,217,728	134,217,726
/4	240.0.0.0	15.255.255.255	268,435,456	268,435,454
/3	224.0.0.0	31.255.255.255	536,870,912	536,870,910
/2	192.0.0.0	63.255.255.255	1,073,741,824	1,073,741,822
/1	128.0.0.0	127.255.255.255	2,147,483,648	2,147,483,646
/0	0.0.0.0	255.255.255.255	4,294,967,296	4,294,967,294

Sources

• Subnet Cheat Sheet - freeCodeCamp Community