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I thought I saw a tool like this once upon a time, but can't find it anymore...

Anyone know a tool that would take a free range of IP addresses (as in start / end) and calculate a set of submasks that match the given range exactly?

I'm specifically looking for a tool that does not comply to class subnetting. So, for example, given an IP range like:

10.0.1.255 - 10.0.2.255

The tool should be able to return with two masks to match the exact range:

10.0.1.255/32
10.0.2.0/24
PersianGulf
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Salieri
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  • Not sure about the /32 in your example. See http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4632.txt and "Host route". As I read it /32 and /31 are special cases. – Hennes Feb 13 '13 at 13:19
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  • This isn't a shopping question... – dunxd Feb 13 '13 at 16:57
  • @dunxd As it is written ("give me a tool that does X") it's a shopping question - Google is the answer, just ask for subnet calculator. If rewritten to "How do I calculate the optimal subnet mask for X?" the answer would be covered by the canonical IPv4 Subnetting question – voretaq7 Feb 13 '13 at 18:06
  • You mean if rewritten in almost exactly the same way as they phrased the question? I still disagree that this is a shopping question. It isn't asking for product recommendations - it is asking for the right tool to use. Fair enough that this is a dupe, but just closing the question like this chases new users off. – dunxd Feb 14 '13 at 09:44
  • I don't see this as a shopping question. The reason behind the question is that Google does not provide a simple answer to this problem. Searching for something like @subnet calculator@ brings up CIDR and subnet calculators, but nothing with the described behavior (hence the question). I should have worded it clearer that I was looking for a solution that wouldn't be tied to A/B/C classes or single masks, which the resulting tools invariably are. Looking for a tool is a reasonable question, considering that calculating such cases by hand get be pretty laborious. – Salieri Feb 14 '13 at 13:44

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This web tool works: http://www.ipaddresslocation.org/subnet-mask-calculator.php

See also http://www.subnet-calculator.com/

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