CIDR Notation
- CIDR (Classless interdomain Routing)
- The ip addressing is mentioned as
x.x.x.x/n
x.x.x.x => ip
n = fixed bits
10.10.10.0/24
ip: 10.10.10.x
SM: 11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000
255.255.255.0
2^n - 2
Size: 2^(32-24) - 2 => 254
10.10.10.0/23
ip: 10.10.0000101x.xxxxxxxx => 10.10.10.x 10.10.11.x
SM: 11111111.11111111.11111110.00000000
Size: 2^(32-23) - 2 => 510
192.168.0.0/20
IP: 192. 168. 0000xxxx.xxxxxxxx
SM: 11111111.11111111.11110000.00000000
192.168.0.x to 192.168.15.x
Size: 2^(32-20) - 2 => 4094
CIDR: 172.16.0.0/12
IP: 172. 0001xxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx
SM: 11111111.11110000.00000000.00000000
Size: 2^(32-12) - 2 => 1048574
172.16.0.0 172.31.255.255
CIDR: 10.128.0.0/22
10.128. 000000xx.xxxxxxxx
SM: 11111111.11111111.11111100.00000000
10.128.0.0 to 10.128.3.255
10.128.0.0/10
IP 10.10xxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx
SM: 11111111.11000000.00000000.00000000
10.128.0.0 to 10.191.255.255
192.168.224.0/20
IP: 192.168.1110xxxx.xxxxxxxx
SM: 11111111.11111111.11110000.00000000
192.168.224.0 to 192.168.239.255