v0.2.0

ADDED:
* num-nets subcommand' this is MUCH much faster than actually splitting
  if you're trying to figure out how many times a given subnet fits into
  a network.

cmd/subnetter/args.go

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ type Args struct {
 	SplitCIDR       SplitCIDRArgs   `command:"split-cidr" alias:"se" description:"Split a network into as many equal subnets of prefix size N as possible." validate:"omitempty"`
 	SplitHost       SplitHostArgs   `command:"split-hosts" alias:"sh" description:"Split a network into N total number of hosts *per subnet* as cleanly/evenly as possible. (VERY easy to run out of memory for IPv6 prefixes; be sure to specify very small network!)" validate:"omitempty"`
 	SplitSubnets    SplitSubnetArgs `command:"split-nets" alias:"sn" description:"Split a network into N number of subnets as cleanly as possible." validate:"omitempty"`
-	VLSM            VLSMArgs        `command:"vlsm" alias:"sv" description:"Use VLSM (Variable-Length Subnet Masks) to split a network into differently sized subnets." validate:"omitempty"`
-	ExplicitNetwork XNetArgs        `command:"net" alias:"xn" description:"Print information about an explicit network address." validate:"omitempty"`
+	VLSM            VLSMArgs        `command:"split-vlsm" alias:"sv" alias:"vlsm" description:"Use VLSM (Variable-Length Subnet Masks) to split a network into differently sized subnets." validate:"omitempty"`
+	ExplicitNetwork XNetArgs        `command:"net" alias:"xn" alias:"net" description:"Print information about an explicit network address." validate:"omitempty"`
+	NumNets         NNetArgs        `command:"num-nets" alias:"nn" alias:"nets" description:"Return the number of subnets of a given size that can fit into a given network size. This is MUCH, MUCH FASTER than splitting (if you do not need addressing)." validate:"omitempty"`
 	Parse           ParseArgs       `command:"parse" alias:"p" alias:"read" alias:"convert" description:"Parse/convert output from a previous subnetter run." validate:"omitempty"`
 	Table           TableArgs       `command:"table" alias:"t" alias:"tab" alias:"tbl" description:"Show prefix summaries (by default both IPv4 and IPv6)." validate:"omitempty"`
 	Check           CheckArgs       `command:"reserved" alias:"r" description:"Check if a subnet is reserved per IANA/RFC." validate:"omitempty"`
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ type verArgs struct {
 	DetailVersion bool `short:"V" long:"detail" description:"Print detailed version info and exit."`
 }
 
-type common struct {
+type commonBase struct {
 	cacheArgs
 	SuppressRemaining bool   `short:"r" long:"no-remaining" description:"Don't show leftover/unallocated/remaining space."`
 	Plain             bool   `short:"p" long:"plain" description:"Show plain output instead of unicode (only used if -f/--format=pretty)."`
@@ -26,7 +27,11 @@ type common struct {
 	AllowReserved     bool   `short:"R" long:"allow-reserved" description:"If specified, do not warn about reserved IP addresses/networks."`
 	reservedArgs
 	AllowHostNet bool `short:"H" long:"allow-host" description:"If specified, do not warn about host bits. Host bits are always removed for subnetting (as otherwise there would be errors); this is only used only for output."`
-	Network      Net  `positional-args:"yes" required:"true" description:"The network/parent prefix to operate on." validate:"required"`
+}
+
+type common struct {
+	commonBase
+	Network Net `positional-args:"yes" required:"true" description:"The network/parent prefix to operate on." validate:"required"`
 }
 
 type reservedArgs struct {
@@ -44,8 +49,17 @@ type cacheArgs struct {
 	DoResCache bool   `short:"c" long:"cache-reservations" env:"SBNTR_RSVCACHE" description:"Enable caching/cache lookup for reservation data."`
 }
 
+type NNetArgs struct {
+	Verbose   bool `short:"v" long:"verbose" description:"Be verbose (more ideal for logging)."`
+	NoV6Check bool `short:"6" long:"no-v6" description:"If specified, do not indicate if the subnetting is IPv6 only (true) or not (false; dual-stack/IPv4 supported)."`
+	Sizes     struct {
+		SubnetSize  uint8 `required:"1" validate:"required,le=128,gtefield=NetworkSize"`
+		NetworkSize uint8 `required:"1" validate:"required,le=128,ltefield=SubnetSize"`
+	} `positional-args:"yes" required:"2" validate:"required"`
+}
+
 type ParseArgs struct {
-	splitArgs
+	commonBase
 	InFile string `short:"i" long:"input" default:"-" description:"Input file to parse. Default is '-' (for STDIN)." required:"true" validate:"required,filepath|eq=-"`
 }
 

cmd/subnetter/funcs.go

@@ -236,7 +236,9 @@ func printNets(orig *netip.Prefix, origNet *net.IPNet, nets []*netip.Prefix, rem
 
 	if args == nil {
 		args = &common{
-			Separator: "\n",
+			commonBase: commonBase{
+				Separator: "\n",
+			},
 		}
 	}
 	fmts = sectFmts[args.Plain]

cmd/subnetter/main.go

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ func main() {
 	var remaining *netipx.IPSet
 	var buf *bytes.Buffer
 	var res *netsplit.StructuredResults
+	var numNets uint
+	var v6Only bool
 	var noStrict bool
 	var strictErr error
 	var reservations map[netip.Prefix]*netsplit.IANAAddrNetResRecord
@@ -79,6 +81,27 @@ func main() {
 			log.Panicln(err)
 		}
 		return
+	case "num-nets":
+		if numNets, v6Only, err = netsplit.NumNets(
+			args.NumNets.Sizes.SubnetSize,
+			args.NumNets.Sizes.NetworkSize,
+		); err != nil {
+			log.Panicln(err)
+		}
+		if !args.NumNets.Verbose {
+			fmt.Printf("%d\n", numNets)
+			if !args.NumNets.NoV6Check {
+				fmt.Println(v6Only)
+			}
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("Network Size:\t\t\t%d\n", args.NumNets.Sizes.NetworkSize)
+			fmt.Printf("Subnet Size:\t\t\t%d\n", args.NumNets.Sizes.SubnetSize)
+			fmt.Printf("Number of Subnets:\t\t%d\n", numNets)
+			if !args.NumNets.NoV6Check {
+				fmt.Printf("Subnetting is IPv6-Only:\t%v\n", v6Only)
+			}
+		}
+		return
 	case "reserved":
 		if origPfx, err = netip.ParsePrefix(args.Check.Network.Network); err != nil {
 			log.Panicln(err)
@@ -136,7 +159,12 @@ func main() {
 			origPfx = *resPfx
 		}
 		pfx = netipx.PrefixIPNet(origPfx.Masked())
-		cmnArgs = args.Parse.common
+		cmnArgs = common{
+			commonBase: args.Parse.commonBase,
+			Network: Net{
+				Network: res.Original.String(),
+			},
+		}
 		if err = printNets(&origPfx, pfx, nets, remaining, &cmnArgs, res.GetSplitter()); err != nil {
 			log.Panicln(err)
 		}
@@ -185,7 +213,7 @@ func main() {
 				PrefixLength: args.SplitCIDR.Prefix,
 				BaseSplitter: new(netsplit.BaseSplitter),
 			}
-		case "vlsm":
+		case "split-vlsm":
 			if err = validate.Struct(args.VLSM); err != nil {
 				log.Panicln(err)
 			}

netsplit/conts.go

@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ import (
 	`github.com/go-resty/resty/v2`
 )
 
+const (
+	maxBitsv4 uint8 = 32
+	maxBitsv6 uint8 = 128
+	maxBits   uint8 = maxBitsv6
+)
+
 const (
 	cachedirEnvName string = "SBNTR_RSVCACHE_DIR"
 	// https://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv4-special-registry/iana-ipv4-special-registry.xhtml

netsplit/funcs.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"fmt"
+	`math`
 	"net"
 	"net/netip"
 	"strings"
@@ -375,6 +376,38 @@ func MaskInvert(mask net.IPMask) (inverted net.IPMask) {
 	return
 }
 
+/*
+	NumNets returns the number of times prefix size subnet fits into prefix size network.
+
+	It will error if network is larger than 128 or if subnet is smaller than network.
+
+	This is MUCH more performant than splitting out an actual network into explicit subnets,
+	and does not require an actual network.
+*/
+func NumNets(subnet, network uint8) (numNets uint, ipv6Only bool, err error) {
+
+	var x float64
+
+	// network cannot be higher than 128, as that's the maximum for IPv6.
+	if network > maxBits {
+		err = ErrBadPrefixLen
+		return
+	}
+	if subnet < network {
+		err = ErrBigPrefix
+		return
+	}
+	if network > maxBitsv4 {
+		ipv6Only = true
+	}
+
+	x = float64(subnet - network)
+
+	numNets = uint(math.Pow(2, x))
+
+	return
+}
+
 // Parse parses b for JSON/XML/YAML and tries to return a StructuredResults from it.
 func Parse(b []byte) (s *StructuredResults, err error) {