Quick reference of various subnet masks: cidr mask nets usable hosts/net class-b /16 B.0.0 256*c 65,024 /17 B.128.0 128*c 32,512 /18 B.192.0 64*c 16,256 /19 B.224.0 32*c 8,128 /20 B.240.0 16*c 4,064 /21 B.248.0 8*c 2,032 /22 B.252.0 4*c 1,016 /23 B.254.0 2*c 508 class-c /24 C.0 1 254 /25 C.128 2 126 /26 C.192 4 62 /27 C.224 8 30 /28 C.240 16 14 /29 C.248 32 6 ptp /30 C.252 64 2 Above, in mask, the following shorthand is used: B = 255.255.x.y C = 255.255.255.x ================================================= Special subnets, reserved for non-Internet use by any entity: 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255