/3 subnet: mask 224.0.0.0, 536,870,912 addresses

Everything about a /3 network, with the CIDR calculator pre-filled — change the IP to calculate your own block.

Enter a CIDR range above to calculate

Is an IP inside a CIDR block?

Yes — 10.0.42.7 is inside 10.0.0.0/16.

Do two CIDR blocks overlap?

Overlap — 10.0.128.0/20 sits inside 10.0.0.0/16 (10.0.128.0 – 10.0.143.255).

CIDR blocks never partly overlap: one is inside the other, or they don't touch at all. Overlapping VPCs can't be peered.

/3 at a glance

Subnet mask
224.0.0.0
Wildcard mask
31.255.255.255
Mask in binary
11100000.00000000.00000000.00000000
Host bits
29
Total addresses
536,870,912
Usable hosts
536,870,910 (network and broadcast address excluded)
Equivalent /24 networks
2,097,152

Splitting a /3 into smaller subnets

  • 2 × /4 — 268,435,456 addresses each (268,435,454 usable)
  • 4 × /5 — 134,217,728 addresses each (134,217,726 usable)
  • 8 × /6 — 67,108,864 addresses each (67,108,862 usable)
  • 16 × /7 — 33,554,432 addresses each (33,554,430 usable)

Frequently asked

What is the subnet mask for /3?

224.0.0.0. The first 3 bits are network bits and the remaining 29 are host bits; the wildcard (inverse) mask is 31.255.255.255.

How many IP addresses are in a /3?

536,870,912 in total. 536,870,910 of them can be assigned to hosts, because the first is the network address and the last is the broadcast address.

CIDR to subnet mask cheat sheet

CIDRSubnet maskAddressesUsable hosts
/8255.0.0.016,777,21616,777,214
/12255.240.0.01,048,5761,048,574
/16255.255.0.065,53665,534
/17255.255.128.032,76832,766
/18255.255.192.016,38416,382
/19255.255.224.08,1928,190
/20255.255.240.04,0964,094
/21255.255.248.02,0482,046
/22255.255.252.01,0241,022
/23255.255.254.0512510
/24255.255.255.0256254
/25255.255.255.128128126
/26255.255.255.1926462
/27255.255.255.2243230
/28255.255.255.2401614
/29255.255.255.24886
/30255.255.255.25242
/31255.255.255.25422
/32255.255.255.25511
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