A1 = IP address B1 = CIDR netmask ref https://gist.github.com/f-steff/d2ef30bed5328f0e417d635d3b46e256 Calculate netmask: ================== =bin2dec(mid(REPT("1",B1)&rept("0",32-B1),1,8))&"."& bin2dec(mid(REPT("1",B1)&rept("0",32-B1),9,8))&"."& bin2dec(mid(REPT("1",B1)&rept("0",32-B1),17,8))&"."& bin2dec(mid(REPT("1",B1)&rept("0",32-B1),25,8)) Calculate start of IP range (i.e. 'network' address, FIRST HOST is +1 from this): ================================================================================= =BITAND( (LEFT(A1, find(char(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",CHAR(160)))-1)) , (bin2dec(mid(REPT("1",B1)&rept("0",32-B1),1,8))) ) &"."& BITAND( (MID(A1, find(char(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",CHAR(160),1))+1,find(char(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",CHAR(160),2))-find(char(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",CHAR(160),1))-1)) , (bin2dec(mid(REPT("1",B1)&rept("0",32-B1),9,8)) ) ) &"."& BITAND( (MID(A1, find(char(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",CHAR(160),2))+1,find(char(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",CHAR(160),3))-find(char(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",CHAR(160),2))-1)) , (bin2dec(mid(REPT("1",B1)&rept("0",32-B1),17,8))) ) &"."& BITAND( (MID(A1, find(char(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",CHAR(160),3))+1,len(A2)-find(char(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",CHAR(160),3)))) , bin2dec(mid(REPT("1",B1)&rept("0",32-B1),25,8)) ) Calculate end of IP range (i.e. 'broadcast' address, LAST HOST is -1 from this): ================================================================================ =BITOR( (LEFT(A1, find(char(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",CHAR(160)))-1)) , (255-bin2dec(mid(REPT("1",B1)&rept("0",32-B1),1,8))) ) &"."& BITOR( (MID(A1, find(char(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",CHAR(160),1))+1,find(char(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",CHAR(160),2))-find(char(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",CHAR(160),1))-1)) , (255-bin2dec(mid(REPT("1",B1)&rept("0",32-B1),9,8)) ) ) &"."& BITOR( (MID(A1, find(char(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",CHAR(160),2))+1,find(char(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",CHAR(160),3))-find(char(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",CHAR(160),2))-1)) , (255-bin2dec(mid(REPT("1",B1)&rept("0",32-B1),17,8))) ) &"."& BITOR( (MID(A1, find(char(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",CHAR(160),3))+1,len(A2)-find(char(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",CHAR(160),3)))) , 255-bin2dec(mid(REPT("1",B1)&rept("0",32-B1),25,8)) ) Calculate number of hosts: ========================== =2^(32-B1)-1 =================================================================================================================================== (Does not follow on from above columns.) =================================================================================================================================== Convert traditional netmask in A1 to CIDR: ="/"&32-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(TEXT(DEC2BIN(MID(A1,1,FIND(".",A1)-1)),"00000000")&TEXT(DEC2BIN(MID(A1,1+FIND(".",A1),FIND(".",A1,FIND(".",A1)+1)-FIND(".",A1)-1)),"00000000")&TEXT(DEC2BIN(MID(A1,1+FIND(".",A1,FIND(".",A1)+1),FIND(".",A1,FIND(".",A1,FIND(".",A1)+1)+1)-FIND(".",A1,FIND(".",A1)+1)-1)),"00000000")&TEXT(DEC2BIN(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND(".",A1,FIND(".",A1,FIND(".",A1)+1)+1))),"00000000"),"1","")) (ref https://www.reddit.com/r/excel/comments/9ivaal/simple_formula_ip_subnet_masks_to_cidr/)