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Network calculators & references

Calculate address ranges, packet sizes, transfer times and optical budgets. Each calculator explains its inputs and assumptions.

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Address planning

Address planning

IPv4 Subnet Calculator

Find the network, broadcast, mask and usable address range for an IPv4 prefix.

Calculator / generator
Address planning

CIDR to Netmask Converter

Convert an IPv4 prefix length into a contiguous dotted-decimal subnet mask.

Calculator / generator
Address planning

Wildcard Mask Calculator

Convert between a contiguous subnet mask and its inverse ACL wildcard.

Calculator / generator
Address planning

IP Range to CIDR Converter

Cover an inclusive IPv4 range with the smallest exact set of CIDR blocks.

Calculator / generator
Address planning

Subnet Splitter

Divide one IPv4 parent network into equal-size child subnets.

Calculator / generator
Address planning

VLSM Calculator

Allocate different-size IPv4 LAN subnets from a parent network.

Calculator / generator
Address planning

IPv6 Subnet Calculator

Calculate an IPv6 network boundary, final address and exact address-space size.

Calculator / generator
Address planning

Reverse DNS / PTR Converter

Build IPv4 host reverse names and IPv6 host or nibble-aligned reverse-zone names.

Calculator / generator
Address planning

CIDR List Comparison & Overlap Checker

Compare two IPv4 or IPv6 CIDR lists and get their exact intersection, differences, duplicates and containment relationships.

Calculator / generator

Link & transport

Link & transport

TCP MSS Calculator

Find the TCP MSS option value for an IP MTU, and the room left for TCP data when options are present.

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Link & transport

MTU Budget Calculator

Find the inner IP packet size and ping data size that fit after reserving bytes for tunnel headers.

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Link & transport

dBm / mW Converter

Convert logarithmic power in dBm to milliwatts and back.

Calculator / generator

References

References

IPv4 Subnet Mask Table

One A4 page: every IPv4 prefix, mask, wildcard, address count, subnet boundaries and special-range reminders.

A4 reference
References

Subnetting Worked Examples

Work through original subnetting examples for boundaries, host capacity and address allocation.

A4 reference
References

DNS Record Cheat Sheet

Understand common DNS record types, TTLs and frequent configuration mistakes.

A4 reference
References

IPv6 Quick Reference

A one-page A4 reference for IPv6 notation, prefix sizes, address types, multicast and reverse DNS.

A4 reference