CIDR reference · IPv4

The /19 CIDR block

8,192 addresses, 8,190 usable, subnet mask 255.255.224.0.

/19 · 255.255.224.0 Open in the calculator

8,192 addresses, or 32 /24s. Frequently used as the per-availability-zone slice of a /16 VPC when three zones and room to grow are needed.

Key numbers

Prefix length/19 (19 network bits, 13 host bits)
Subnet mask255.255.224.0
Mask in binary11111111.11111111.11100000.00000000
Wildcard mask0.0.31.255
Total addresses8,192
Usable hosts8,190 (total minus network and broadcast)
Contains32 × /24 networks
Block sizeIncrements of 32 in octet 3

Example ranges

Private (RFC 1918) blocks of this size. Click one to open it in the calculator.

BlockFirst addressLast addressUsable hosts
10.0.0.0/1910.0.0.010.0.31.25510.0.0.1 – 10.0.31.254
172.16.0.0/19172.16.0.0172.16.31.255172.16.0.1 – 172.16.31.254
192.168.0.0/19192.168.0.0192.168.31.255192.168.0.1 – 192.168.31.254

Usable addresses in the cloud

Cloud providers reserve a few addresses in every subnet for the router, DNS and future use, so the usable count is lower than the formula gives.

ProviderUsable in a /19Notes
AWS VPC subnet8,187Allowed (/16 to /28). AWS reserves the first four addresses and the last one.
Azure virtual network subnet8,187Allowed. Azure reserves the first four addresses and the last one.
Google Cloud subnet8,188Allowed. Google Cloud reserves the first two and the last two addresses.

How the numbers are derived

An IPv4 address has 32 bits. A /19 uses 19 of them for the network, leaving 13 host bits, so the block has 213 = 8,192 addresses. The first address (all host bits 0) is the network address and the last (all host bits 1) is the broadcast address, which leaves 8,190 for hosts. The subnet mask is 19 ones followed by 13 zeros, written in dotted decimal as 255.255.224.0; the wildcard mask 0.0.31.255 is its inverse, used in Cisco ACLs and OSPF configuration.

FAQ

How many hosts can a /19 have?

8,192 addresses in total, of which 8,190 are usable after removing the network and broadcast addresses. Cloud providers reserve a few more: 8,187 usable in AWS and Azure, 8,188 in Google Cloud.

How many /24 subnets fit in a /19?

32. Each step of the prefix length halves or doubles the block, so a /19 contains 2^(24 − 19) = 32 networks of /24 size.