196.174.0.0/15

Public

Class C — /15 prefix — 131,070 usable hosts

Network Address
196.174.0.0
Broadcast Address
196.175.255.255
Subnet Mask
255.254.0.0
Usable Hosts
131,070
First Usable IP
196.174.0.1
Last Usable IP
196.175.255.254
Total IPs
131,072
Prefix Length
/15

Network address — the base address of the block (196.174.0.0). All devices in this subnet share this prefix. Cannot be assigned to a host.

Broadcast address — packets sent to 196.175.255.255 are delivered to every device in the subnet. Also reserved — not assignable.

Usable hosts — the 131,070 addresses between those two that you can assign to servers, VMs, or interfaces.

Subnet mask255.254.0.0 is the dotted-decimal equivalent of /15. Older tools and Cisco configs use this format instead of CIDR slash notation.

Full Details

CIDR Notation 196.174.0.0/15
Network Address 196.174.0.0
Broadcast Address 196.175.255.255
Subnet Mask 255.254.0.0
Wildcard Mask 0.1.255.255
Prefix Length /15
IP Address Class Class C
Total IP Addresses 131,072
Usable Host Addresses 131,070
First Usable IP 196.174.0.1
Last Usable IP 196.175.255.254
Network (Hex) 0xC4AE0000
Broadcast (Hex) 0xC4AFFFFF
Address Type Public / Globally Routable

Binary Representation

Network Address
11000100 11000100.10101110.00000000.00000000
Subnet Mask
11111111.11111110.00000000.00000000

The first 15 bits (1s in the mask) identify the network. The remaining 17 bits identify hosts within the network.

Split into Equal Subnets

Split 196.174.0.0/15 into 2 equal /16 subnets (65,534 usable hosts each).

# CIDR Network First Usable Last Usable Broadcast Hosts
1 196.174.0.0/16 196.174.0.0 196.174.0.1 196.174.255.254 196.174.255.255 65,534
2 196.175.0.0/16 196.175.0.0 196.175.0.1 196.175.255.254 196.175.255.255 65,534

/15 Subnet Reference

Total IPs 131,072
Usable Hosts 131,070
Subnet Mask 255.254.0.0
Wildcard 0.1.255.255

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