/22 subnet mask (255.255.252.0)

A /22 network has 10 host bits, 1,024 addresses and 1,022 usable hosts. It is 4 /24 networks.

/22 at a glance

Netmask: 255.255.252.0
Wildcard mask: 0.0.3.255
Hex mask: 0xFFFFFC00
Binary mask: 11111111.11111111.11111100.00000000
Host bits: 10
Total addresses: 1,024
Usable hosts: 1,022 (minus network and broadcast)
Compared with a /24: 4 /24 networks

Calculate a /22 in the subnet calculator

Typical uses of a /22

A /22 (four /24s, 1,022 usable hosts) is a common size for guest Wi-Fi and large DHCP scopes. It is also the block RIPE NCC gave each new member under its last-/8 policy from 2012 until it ran out in 2019.

Example /22 ranges

Network	Network address	First usable	Last usable	Broadcast	Next /22
10.0.0.0/22	10.0.0.0	10.0.0.1	10.0.3.254	10.0.3.255	10.0.4.0/22	calculate
172.16.0.0/22	172.16.0.0	172.16.0.1	172.16.3.254	172.16.3.255	172.16.4.0/22	calculate
192.168.0.0/22	192.168.0.0	192.168.0.1	192.168.3.254	192.168.3.255	192.168.4.0/22	calculate

The /22 boundary falls in the third octet, so /22 networks start every 4 in that octet (64 per /16): 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, ....

How many /22s fit

In a	Number of /22 subnets
/8	16,384
/16	64
/20	4

What a /22 contains

Smaller block	How many
/24	4
/26	16
/28	64
/29	128
/30	256
/32	1,024

Splitting a /22

Into	Subnets	Usable hosts each
/23	2	510
/24	4	254
/25	8	126
/26	16	62

/22 in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud

Platform	Allowed subnet sizes	/22 allowed?	Usable after reservation
AWS VPC	/16 to /28	Yes	1,019 (5 reserved)
Azure VNet	/2 to /29	Yes	1,019 (5 reserved)
Google Cloud VPC	/4 to /29	Yes	1,020 (4 reserved)

Cloud providers reserve addresses in every subnet (first four and the last address (network, VPC router, DNS, future use, broadcast) on AWS), so the usable count there differs from the classic 2^n - 2.