173.9.6.96/27

Public

Class B — /27 prefix — 30 usable hosts

Network Address
173.9.6.96
Broadcast Address
173.9.6.127
Subnet Mask
255.255.255.224
Usable Hosts
30
First Usable IP
173.9.6.97
Last Usable IP
173.9.6.126
Total IPs
32
Prefix Length
/27

Network address — the base address of the block (173.9.6.96). All devices in this subnet share this prefix. Cannot be assigned to a host.

Broadcast address — packets sent to 173.9.6.127 are delivered to every device in the subnet. Also reserved — not assignable.

Usable hosts — the 30 addresses between those two that you can assign to servers, VMs, or interfaces.

Subnet mask255.255.255.224 is the dotted-decimal equivalent of /27. Older tools and Cisco configs use this format instead of CIDR slash notation.

Full Details

CIDR Notation 173.9.6.96/27
Network Address 173.9.6.96
Broadcast Address 173.9.6.127
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.224
Wildcard Mask 0.0.0.31
Prefix Length /27
IP Address Class Class B
Total IP Addresses 32
Usable Host Addresses 30
First Usable IP 173.9.6.97
Last Usable IP 173.9.6.126
Network (Hex) 0xAD090660
Broadcast (Hex) 0xAD09067F
Address Type Public / Globally Routable

Binary Representation

Network Address
10101101.00001001.00000110 10101101.00001001.00000110.01100000
Subnet Mask
11111111.11111111.11111111.11100000

The first 27 bits (1s in the mask) identify the network. The remaining 5 bits identify hosts within the network.

Split into Equal Subnets

Split 173.9.6.96/27 into 2 equal /28 subnets (14 usable hosts each).

# CIDR Network First Usable Last Usable Broadcast Hosts
1 173.9.6.96/28 173.9.6.96 173.9.6.97 173.9.6.110 173.9.6.111 14
2 173.9.6.112/28 173.9.6.112 173.9.6.113 173.9.6.126 173.9.6.127 14

IP Address Sample

Showing first 16 of 32 total IPs.

173.9.6.96 net
173.9.6.97
173.9.6.98
173.9.6.99
173.9.6.100
173.9.6.101
173.9.6.102
173.9.6.103
173.9.6.104
173.9.6.105
173.9.6.106
173.9.6.107
173.9.6.108
173.9.6.109
173.9.6.110
173.9.6.111
… 16 more IPs …

/27 Subnet Reference

Total IPs 32
Usable Hosts 30
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.224
Wildcard 0.0.0.31

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