Converting CIDR address to subnet mask and network address

Question

Given a CIDR address, e.g. 192.168.10.0/24

• How to determine mask length? (24)
• How to determine mask address? (255.255.

Answer 1

This is how you would do it in Java,

    String[] parts = addr.split("/");
    String ip = parts[0];
    int prefix;
    if (parts.length < 2) {
        prefix = 0;
    } else {
        prefix = Integer.parseInt(parts[1]);
    }
    int mask = 0xffffffff << (32 - prefix);
    System.out.println("Prefix=" + prefix);
    System.out.println("Address=" + ip);

    int value = mask;
    byte[] bytes = new byte[]{ 
            (byte)(value >>> 24), (byte)(value >> 16 & 0xff), (byte)(value >> 8 & 0xff), (byte)(value & 0xff) };

    InetAddress netAddr = InetAddress.getByAddress(bytes);
    System.out.println("Mask=" + netAddr.getHostAddress());