/15 Subnet

A /15 has 131,072 addresses, 131,070 of them usable by hosts. Its netmask is 255.254.0.0. Enter any address below to see its /15 network.

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IPv4 network

131,070 usable hosts · 10.0.0.1 to 10.1.255.254

Private (RFC 1918)

Details

Netmask
Wildcard Mask
Broadcast
First Usable
Last Usable
Usable Hosts
Total Addresses
Netmask in Binary

Split Into Subnets

10.0.0.0/1610.0.0.0 – 10.0.255.255
10.1.0.0/1610.1.0.0 – 10.1.255.255

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/15 at a glance

CIDR Prefix/15
Netmask255.254.0.0
Wildcard Mask0.1.255.255
Netmask (Hex)0xFFFE0000
Total Addresses131,072
Usable Hosts131,070
Host Bits17
Contains /24s512
Binary Mask11111111.11111110.00000000.00000000

A /15 fixes the first 15 bits of the address as the network and leaves 17 bits for hosts, so it holds 2^17 = 131,072 addresses. The first is the network address and the last is the broadcast address, leaving 131,070 for hosts.

A /15 is 512 /24 networks side by side; registries and ISPs allocate blocks this size to networks that route them on the internet.

A /15 can be announced in BGP on its own: /24 is the longest prefix most networks accept.

Questions

How many usable IP addresses are in a /15?
131,070. A /15 has 131,072 addresses; the network and broadcast addresses are not usable by hosts.
What is the subnet mask for /15?
255.254.0.0. The wildcard (inverse) mask, used in Cisco ACLs, is 0.1.255.255.
How many /24 networks are in a /15?
512. Each step from /15 to /24 doubles the number of networks.
Is 255.254.0.0 the same as /15?
Yes. 255.254.0.0 written in binary is 15 ones followed by 17 zeros, which is what /15 means.

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