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Network / IP

CIDR/subnet math, IP classification, IPv6 conversion and more.

The Network / IP category bundles the everyday tasks of working with IP addresses and subnets into tools you can run right in the browser. Common jobs include calculating the IP range, subnet mask, and host count from CIDR notation, checking whether an address is public or private, converting IPv6 addresses between their compressed and expanded forms, and finding the right MTU/MSS values for VPN, tunnel, or PPPoE setups. These tools are handy for server admins writing firewall rules, network engineers planning an internal network, developers configuring cloud VPCs and security groups, and beginners learning how subnets and ping actually work.

A typical workflow starts by identifying what kind of address you are dealing with. Use the public/private IP checker to classify a range, then the CIDR calculator to see exactly how many hosts a notation like /24 contains, and from there summarize an IP range into the smallest set of CIDR blocks or convert it to IPv6 as needed. Every calculation runs entirely in your browser and nothing is sent to a server, so you can safely paste internal addresses and network design details.

Frequently asked questions

What exactly is CIDR?
CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) is the way of writing a network's size by adding a slash and a number after an IP address, as in 192.168.0.0/24. That number is how many leading (network) bits are fixed: /24 means 256 addresses (254 usable hosts) and /16 means 65,536 addresses. A smaller number means a larger block.
How do I tell a public IP from a private one?
Private IPs are reserved ranges that are not routed on the public internet and used only inside local networks; the main ones are 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, and 192.168.0.0/16. Addresses outside these are usually public, and there are also special reserved ranges like 127.0.0.0/8 (loopback) and 169.254.0.0/16 (link-local). The checker tells you which category an address falls into instantly.
What are MTU and MSS, and why adjust them?
MTU is the largest packet that can be sent at once (typically 1500 bytes on Ethernet), and MSS is how much of that can carry TCP payload. VPNs, tunnels, and PPPoE add extra headers, so the default MTU can cause fragmentation or dropped connections, which is why you lower MTU/MSS to fit. MSS is generally the MTU minus the 40 bytes of IP and TCP headers.
Are the IP addresses I enter sent anywhere?
Tools like the CIDR calculator, IPv6 converter, public/private checker, and MTU/MSS calculator run entirely in your browser, so nothing you type is sent to a server. Tools that require an actual lookup, such as What Is My IP, reverse DNS, and IP/ASN or geolocation lookups, do fetch external data, and each of those pages states that clearly.