Subnet Mask – Wildcard Mask Calculator Online

The Wildcard Mask

The wildcard mask is typically the inverse of the subnet mask configured on that interface. In a subnet mask, binary 1 is equal to a match and binary 0 is not a match. In a wildcard mask, the reverse is true, as shown in here:

  • Wildcard mask bit 0 – Matches the corresponding bit value in the address.
  • Wildcard mask bit 1 – Ignores the corresponding bit value in the address.

The easiest method for calculating a wildcard mask is to subtract the network subnet mask from 255.255.255.255, as shown for /24 and /26 subnet masks in the figure.
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IPv4 Addresses and IPv4 Subnetting

CIDR SUBNET MASK ADDRESSES WILDCARD MASK
/32 255.255.255. 255 1 0.0.0.0
/31 255.255.255. 254 2 0.0.0.1
/30 255.255.255. 252 4 0.0.0.3
/29 255.255.255. 248 8 0.0.0.7
/28 255.255.255. 240 16 0.0.0.15
/27 255.255.255. 224 32 0.0.0.31
/26 255.255.255. 192 64 0.0.0.63
/25 255.255.255. 128 128 0.0.0.127
/24 255.255.255.0 256 0.0.0.255
/23 255.255.254.0 512 0.0.1.255
/22 255.255.252.0 1024 0.0.3.255
/21 255.255.248.0 2048 0.0.7.255
/20 255.255.240.0 4096 0.0.15.255
/19 255.255.224.0 8192 0.0.31.255
/18 255.255.192.0 16384 0.0.63.255
/17 255.255.128.0 32768 0.0.127.255
/16 255.255.0.0 65536 0.0.255.255
/15 255.254.0.0 131072 0.1.255.255
/14 255.252.0.0 262144 0.3.255.255
/13 255.248.0.0 524288 0.7.255.255
/12 255.240.0.0 1048576 0.15.255.255
/11 255.224.0.0 2097152 0.31.255.255
/10 255.192.0.0 4194304 0.63.255.255
/9 255.128.0.0 8388608 0.127.255.255
/8 255.0.0.0 16777216 0.255.255.255
/7 254.0.0.0 33554432 1 .255.255.255
/6 252.0.0.0 67108864 3 .255.255.255
/5 248.0.0.0 134217728 7 .255.255.255
/4 240.0.0.0 268435456 15. 255.255.255
/3 224.0.0.0 536870912 31. 255.255.255
/2 192.0.0.0 1073741824 63. 255.255.255
/1 128.0.0.0 2147483648 127. 255.255.255
/0 0.0.0.0 4294967296 255. 255.255.255
Classful IPv4 Addresses
Class A 0.0.0.0 – 127.255.255.255
Class B 128.0.0.0 – 191.255.255.255
Class C 192.0.0.0 – 223.255.255.255
Class D 224.0.0.0 – 239.255.255.255
Class E 240.0.0.0 – 255.255.255.255
Private IPv4 Addresses
10.0.0.0 – 10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255
192.168.0.0 – 192.168.255.255
Special IPv4 Addresses
Local Host 127.0.0.0 – 127.255.255.255
APIPA 169.254.0.0 – 169.254.255.255
Bogon IPv4 Addresses
0.0.0.0/8 This network
10.0.0.0/8 Private IPv4 Address Block
100.64.0.0/10 Carrier-grade NAT
127.0.0.0/8 Loopback
127.0.53.53 Name collision occurrence
169.254.0.0/16 Link local
172.16.0.0/12 Private IPv4 Address Block
192.0.0.0/24 IETF protocol assignments
192.0.2.0/24 TEST-NET-1
192.168.0.0/16 Private IPv4 Address Block
198.18.0.0/15 Network benchmark testing
198.51.100.0/24 TEST-NET-2
203.0.113.0/24 TEST-NET-3
224.0.0.0/4 Multicast
240.0.0.0/4 Reserved
255.255.255.255/32 Limited broadcast
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David
David
1 year ago

A lot thanks!

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