netcalc-cli v0.0.4

Table of Contents

• Installation
• How to use
  • Some things to consider
  • Basics
  • IPv4 to binary
  • Min and max address
  • Range of a network
  • CIDR to netmask

Installation

Note: You need node.js installed on your PC.

npm install netcalc-cli -g

How to use

In your commandline enter the one of the following options:

Some things to consider

• When commiting strings use double quotes.
• >_ before the code shall symbolise your commandline input. Don't actually type these.
• // are comments don't type these either.

Basics

>_ netcalc // shows usage and options
>_ netcalc -h // shows usage and options
>_ netcalc --help // shows usage and options
>_ netcalc - V // show version of netcalc-cli

IPv4 to binary

// Converts IPv4 to binary representation

>_ netcalc "192.168.150.1" -2
>_ netcalc "192.168.150.1" --ip-to-binary

// result ---> [ '11000000', '10101000', '10010110', '1' ]

Min and max address

// Calculate min (network) and max (broadcast) by IPv4 and CIDR

>_ netcalc "192.168.150.1" 24 -r
>_ netcalc "192.168.150.1" 24 --range

// result ---> ['192.168.150.0', '192.168.150.255']

Range of a network

// Calculates all IPv4s between and including the provided min and max addresses.

>_ netcalc "192.168.150.1" "192.168.150.254" -i
>_ netcalc "192.168.150.1" "192.168.150.254" --inner-range

// result ---> ['192.168.150.0', '192.168.150.1', '192.168.150.2', ..., '192.168.150.254', '192.168.150.255']

CIDR to netmask

// Converts CIDR to netmask

>_ netcalc 24 -c
>_ netcalc 24 --cidr-to-netmask

// result---> [255, 255, 255, 0]