Host and Subnet Quantities

Class A Host/Subnet Table

Class A
Number of
Bits Borrowed Subnet Effective Number of Number of Subnet
from Host Portion Mask Subnets Hosts/Subnet Mask Bits
------- --------------- --------- ------------- -------------
1 255.128.0.0 2 8388606 /9
2 255.192.0.0 4 4194302 /10
3 255.224.0.0 8 2097150 /11
4 255.240.0.0 16 1048574 /12
5 255.248.0.0 32 524286 /13
6 255.252.0.0 64 262142 /14
7 255.254.0.0 128 131070 /15
8 255.255.0.0 256 65534 /16
9 255.255.128.0 512 32766 /17
10 255.255.192.0 1024 16382 /18
11 255.255.224.0 2048 8190 /19
12 255.255.240.0 4096 4094 /20
13 255.255.248.0 8192 2046 /21
14 255.255.252.0 16384 1022 /22
15 255.255.254.0 32768 510 /23
16 255.255.255.0 65536 254 /24
17 255.255.255.128 131072 126 /25
18 255.255.255.192 262144 62 /26
19 255.255.255.224 524288 30 /27
20 255.255.255.240 1048576 14 /28
21 255.255.255.248 2097152 6 /29
22 255.255.255.252 4194304 2 /30
23 255.255.255.254 8388608 2* /31

Class B Host/Subnet Table

Class B Subnet Effective Effective Number of Subnet
Bits Mask Subnets Hosts Mask Bits
------- --------------- --------- --------- -------------
1 255.255.128.0 2 32766 /17
2 255.255.192.0 4 16382 /18
3 255.255.224.0 8 8190 /19
4 255.255.240.0 16 4094 /20
5 255.255.248.0 32 2046 /21
6 255.255.252.0 64 1022 /22
7 255.255.254.0 128 510 /23
8 255.255.255.0 256 254 /24
9 255.255.255.128 512 126 /25
10 255.255.255.192 1024 62 /26
11 255.255.255.224 2048 30 /27
12 255.255.255.240 4096 14 /28
13 255.255.255.248 8192 6 /29
14 255.255.255.252 16384 2 /30
15 255.255.255.254 32768 2* /31

Class C Host/Subnet Table

Class C Subnet Effective Effective Number of Subnet
Bits Mask Subnets Hosts Mask Bits
------- --------------- --------- --------- --------------
1 255.255.255.128 2 126 /25
2 255.255.255.192 4 62 /26
3 255.255.255.224 8 30 /27
4 255.255.255.240 16 14 /28
5 255.255.255.248 32 6 /29
6 255.255.255.252 64 2 /30
7 255.255.255.254 128 2* /31