@hg8496/netmask

Parse, lookup and iterate IP network blocks

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README

Node Netmask

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The Netmask class parses and understands IPv4 CIDR blocks so they can be explored. This module is highly inspired by coffeescript module rs/node-netmask module.

Synopsis

import { Netmask } from '@hg8496/netmask'

const block = new Netmask('10.0.0.0/12');
block.baseIP;                   // 10.0.0.0
block.netmask;                  // 255.240.0.0
block.netmaskBits;              // 12
block.hostmask;                 // 0.15.255.255
block.broadcastIP;              // 10.15.255.255
block.networkSize;              // 1048576
block.firstHostIP;              // 10.0.0.1
block.lastHostIP;               // 10.15.255.254

block.contains('10.0.8.10');    // true
block.contains('10.8.0.10');    // true
block.contains('192.168.1.20'); // false

block.forEach(function(ip, long, index));

Constructing

Netmask objects are created with an IP address and optionally a mask. There are many forms that are recognized:

'216.240.32.0/24'               // The preferred form.
'216.240.32.0', '24'
'216.240.32.0/255.255.255.0'
'216.240.32.0', '255.255.255.0'
'216.240.32.4'                  // A /32 block.
'216.240.32'                    // A /24 block.
'216.240'                       // A /16 block.
'140'                           // A /8 block.
'216.240.32/24'
'216.240/16'

API

  • .baseIP: The base address of the network block as a string (eg: 216.240.32.0). Base does not give an indication of the size of the network block.
  • .netmask: The netmask as a string (eg: 255.255.255.0).
  • .hostmask: The host mask which is the opposite of the netmask (eg: 0.0.0.255).
  • .netmaskBits: The netmask as a number of bits in the network portion of the address for this block (eg: 24).
  • .networkSize: The number of IP addresses in a block (eg: 256).
  • .broadcastIP: The blocks broadcast address (eg: 192.168.1.0/24 => 192.168.1.255)
  • .firstHostIP, .lastHostIP: First and last useable address
  • .contains(ip): Returns a true if the IP number ip is part of the network. That is, a true value is returned if ip is between baseIP and broadcastIP.
  • .forEachHost(fn): Similar to the Array prototype method. It loops through all the useable addresses, ie between firstHostIP and lastHostIP.
  • .iterateHosts: Returns an IterableIterator with the same logic as forEachHost
  • .toString(): The netmask in base/bitmask format (e.g., '216.240.32.0/24')

Installation

$ npm install @hg8496/netmask

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2019 Christian Stolz hg8496@cstolz.de

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