Nope, as mentioned it's the network address, for every subnet you're going to get a network address and a broadcast address, and your usable IPs in between.
On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 10:45 PM Chris Bennett < cpb_m...@bennettconstruction.us> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 11:26:15PM -0500, Allan Streib wrote: > > Mike Coddington <m...@coddington.us> writes: > > > > > There was a useful tool that someone posted on misc a while back called > > > netcalc. I think this is its website: > > > > https://jamsek.dev/posts/2019/Sep/21/ipv4-and-ipv6-cidr-subnet-calculator/ > > > Check it out if you want to get a better grasp on CIDR notation. > > > > There is also ipcalc in packages and that is one I use frequently, > > though it's only for IPv4. > > > > $ ipcalc 104.149.1.112/28 > > address : 104.149.1.112 > > netmask : 255.255.255.240 (0xfffffff0) > > network : 104.149.1.112 /28 > > broadcast : 104.149.1.127 > > host min : 104.149.1.113 > > host max : 104.149.1.126 > > > > Allan > > > > So, what happens with 104.149.1.112? Does anybody get to actually use > it? Or is it just a placeholder? > > I never really paid a lot of attention to CIDR until I started to need a > lot of IP addresses for websites, email, etc. for TLS/SSL certs. > > I stumbled upon this server where I have my other two and I couldn't > pass up $31 a month. I can't reasonably backup properly at home, too > slow a connection. > > Chris > > >