A /24 Has 256 Addresses. Usable Capacity Depends on the Profile.
Choose AWS VPC, Azure VNet or the appropriate Google Cloud range type in the calculator. The profile adjusts IPv4 usable capacity and warns when a prefix is outside the modeled subnet limits.
| Profile | Reserved | Usable | Assignable Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard LAN | 2 | 254 | 10.0.0.1–10.0.0.254 |
| AWS VPC | 5 | 251 | 10.0.0.4–10.0.0.254 |
| Azure VNet | 5 | 251 | 10.0.0.4–10.0.0.254 |
| Google Cloud Primary | 4 | 252 | 10.0.0.2–10.0.0.253 |
| Google Cloud Secondary | 0 | 256 | 10.0.0.0–10.0.0.255 |
Size the Subnet, Then Check the Deployment
For 250 IPv4 hosts and 10% growth, the planner rounds the requirement to 275. An AWS /24 has only 251 usable addresses; a /23 has 507 and meets that capacity requirement. Service-specific address consumption can require additional space.
These profiles model subnet prefix limits and reservations. They do not validate all address-range eligibility, BYOIP exceptions, regional availability or service-specific deployment quotas. IPv6 totals describe address space; provider IPv6 allocation notes are shown separately. Consult the provider documentation for the intended deployment.
Select Plan Within This Network to carry the current CIDR and profile into the Subnet Planner, then review its allocation preview before applying.
Provider References
- AWS VPC documentation (opens in a new tab)
IPv4 /16–/28: first 4 and last address reserved. IPv6 /44–/64 in steps of 4: first 4 and last address reserved. BYOIP exceptions and service quotas are outside this profile.
- Azure VNet documentation (opens in a new tab)
IPv4 /2–/29: first 4 and last address reserved. IPv6 subnets must be /64. Service-specific subnet sizes and deployment restrictions still apply.
- Google Cloud · Primary documentation (opens in a new tab)
IPv4 /4–/29: first 2 and last 2 addresses reserved. IPv6 subnets are /64, with /96 interface allocations. Internal IPv6 reserves the first and last /96; external space is split into /65 halves for VMs and forwarding rules. Restricted address ranges still apply.
- Google Cloud · Secondary IPv4 documentation (opens in a new tab)
IPv4 secondary ranges use /4–/29, with no reserved addresses and no virtual gateway. Restricted address ranges and service-specific requirements still apply.