Install sipcalc and ipcalc
Use apt-get command:
$ sudo apt-get install sipcalc ipcalc
Please note that ipcalc is installed by default under RHEL / CentOS / Fedora Linux using initscripts package.
Examples
Let us see how to calculate subnets for 192.168.0.1/24:
$ ipcalc 192.168.0.1/24
Output:
Address: 192.168.0.1 11000000.10101000.00000000. 00000001 Netmask: 255.255.255.0 = 24 11111111.11111111.11111111. 00000000 Wildcard: 0.0.0.255 00000000.00000000.00000000. 11111111 => Network: 192.168.0.0/24 11000000.10101000.00000000. 00000000 HostMin: 192.168.0.1 11000000.10101000.00000000. 00000001 HostMax: 192.168.0.254 11000000.10101000.00000000. 11111110 Broadcast: 192.168.0.255 11000000.10101000.00000000. 11111111 Hosts/Net: 254 Class C, Private Internet
You can also try sipcalc:
$ sipcalc 192.168.0.1/24
Output:
-[ipv4 : 192.168.0.1/24] - 0 [CIDR] Host address - 192.168.0.1 Host address (decimal) - 3232235521 Host address (hex) - C0A80001 Network address - 192.168.0.0 Network mask - 255.255.255.0 Network mask (bits) - 24 Network mask (hex) - FFFFFF00 Broadcast address - 192.168.0.255 Cisco wildcard - 0.0.0.255 Addresses in network - 256 Network range - 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.255 Usable range - 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.254
More examples:
$ sipcalc 192.168.0.1 255.255.128.0 255.255.192.0
Output:
-[ipv4 : 192.168.0.1 255.255.128.0] - 0 [CIDR] Host address - 192.168.0.1 Host address (decimal) - 3232235521 Host address (hex) - C0A80001 Network address - 192.168.0.0 Network mask - 255.255.128.0 Network mask (bits) - 17 Network mask (hex) - FFFF8000 Broadcast address - 192.168.127.255 Cisco wildcard - 0.0.127.255 Addresses in network - 32768 Network range - 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.127.255 Usable range - 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.127.254 - -[ipv4 : 255.255.192.0] - 0 [CIDR] Host address - 255.255.192.0 Host address (decimal) - 4294950912 Host address (hex) - FFFFC000 Network address - 255.255.192.0 Network mask - 255.255.255.255 Network mask (bits) - 32 Network mask (hex) - FFFFFFFF Broadcast address - 255.255.192.0 Cisco wildcard - 0.0.0.0 Addresses in network - 1 Network range - 255.255.192.0 - 255.255.192.0
Display results as HTML
$ ipcalc -h 192.168.0.1/255.255.128.0
For more options, please refer to man page:
$ man ipcalc
$ man sipcalc
ipcalc: ip address expected
Usage: ipcalc [OPTION…]
-c, –check Validate IP address for specified address family
-4, –ipv4 IPv4 address family (default)
-6, –ipv6 IPv6 address family
-b, –broadcast Display calculated broadcast address
-h, –hostname Show hostname determined via DNS
-m, –netmask Display default netmask for IP (class A, B, or C)
-n, –network Display network address
-p, –prefix Display network prefix
-s, –silent Don’t ever display error messages
Help options:
-?, –help Show this help message
–usage Display brief usage message
# which ipcalc
/bin/ipcalc
# rpm -qf /bin/ipcalc
initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5