IPv4 subnetting reference Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Certain chunks of IPv4 address space are specially allocated by RFCss for special uses such as loopback, RFC 1918 networks, and Zeroconf usage, and are not available for allocation by Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).The netmask is a bitmask that can be used to separate the bits of the network identifier from the bits of the host identifier. It is often written in the same notation used to denote IP addresses.
Not all sizes of prefix announcement may be routable on the public Internet: see routing, peering.
| CIDR | Netmask | Hosts / subnet | Classful name | Typical usage |
| /8 | 255.0.0.0 | 16777216 | Class A | Largest block allocation made by IANA |
| /9 | 255.128.0.0 | 8388608 | ||
| /10 | 255.192.0.0 | 4194304 | ||
| /11 | 255.224.0.0 | 2097152 | ||
| /12 | 255.240.0.0 | 1048576 | ||
| /13 | 255.248.0.0 | 524288 | ||
| /14 | 255.252.0.0 | 262144 | ||
| /15 | 255.254.0.0 | 131072 | ||
| /16 | 255.255.0.0 | 65536 | Class B | |
| /17 | 255.255.128.0 | 32768 | ISP / large business | |
| /18 | 255.255.192.0 | 16384 | ISP / large business | |
| /19 | 255.255.224.0 | 8192 | ISP / large business | |
| /20 | 255.255.240.0 | 4096 | Small ISP / large business | |
| /21 | 255.255.248.0 | 2048 | Small ISP / large business | |
| /22 | 255.255.252.0 | 1024 | ||
| /23 | 255.255.254.0 | 512 | ||
| /24 | 255.255.255.0 | 256 | Class C | Large LAN |
| /25 | 255.255.255.128 | 128 | Large LAN | |
| /26 | 255.255.255.192 | 64 | Small LAN | |
| /27 | 255.255.255.224 | 32 | Small LAN | |
| /28 | 255.255.255.240 | 16 | Small LAN | |
| /29 | 255.255.255.248 | 8 | ||
| /30 | 255.255.255.252 | 4 | "Glue network" (point to point links) | |
| /31 | 255.255.255.254 | 2 | "Useless Network", proposed for point to point links (RFC 3021) | |
| /32 | 255.255.255.255 | 1 | Host route |