# Network Calc: IPv4 Netmask Converter

> Network Calc: IPv4 Netmask Converter is a paid API for AI agents from network-calc.x402tookit.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Converts any IPv4 mask representation (prefix length, dotted netmask, wildcard, or hex) into all equivalent forms with host counts and validity flags.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://network-calc.x402tookit.com/netmask-convert?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/network-calc-ipv4-netmask-converter-7f6b6031
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_k0yyIfEUbdwKbRMKQUAiE

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability network-calc-ipv4-netmask-converter-7f6b6031
```

Example prompt: Convert the netmask 255.255.252.0 into every equivalent form — prefix length, wildcard, hex, binary — and tell me how many usable hosts it gives.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to convert between any IPv4 mask notation (CIDR, dotted decimal, wildcard, hex, binary) and obtain a complete picture of host counts and validity in one call. Prefer it over manual calculation or general-purpose code execution when building network automation, validating configs, or populating firewall rules that require wildcard or hex formats.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unrecognizable input format returns valid=false with reasons explaining the error
- Ambiguous input (e.g. a number that could be prefix length or octet) may be interpreted as prefix length
- Non-contiguous bit patterns flagged as invalid masks with explanation
- Missing required 'value' query parameter returns an error

## How this service works

Convert an IPv4 prefix length, netmask, wildcard or hex mask into every other form with host counts; flags bad masks.

## Output

Returns a structured object containing the input's canonical prefix length, dotted-decimal netmask, wildcard mask, hex mask, binary mask, network bit count, host bit count, total addresses, usable host count, percentage of IPv4 space, number of /24 subnets, classful default, block size in last octet, a validity flag, a human-readable verdict and summary, and reasons if the mask is invalid.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "value"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "value": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "/24, 24, 255.255.255.0, wildcard 0.0.0.255 or hex 0xffffff00"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "hex": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "asOf": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "valid": {
       "type": [
        "boolean",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "binary": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "source": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "netmask": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "reasons": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "summary": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "verdict": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "degraded": {
       "type": [
        "boolean",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "hostBits": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "number"
       ]
      },
      "wildcard": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "inputKind": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "cidrSuffix": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "disclaimer": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "notChecked": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "networkBits": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "number"
       ]
      },
      "usableHosts": {
       "type": [
     
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```

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