Transform Meta Info
| Display Name | To Netblock [Using natural boundaries] |
| Transform Name | IPAddressToNetblock_Cuts |
| Short Description | This transform will carve a netblock from an IP - counting a certain number of IPs up and down |
| Data Source | Paterva/Host |
| Owner | Paterva |
| Author | Roelof Temmingh (roelof@paterva.com) |
| Input | IPAddress |
| Output | Netblock |
Description
This transform returns a netblock (IP range) by simply looking at the natural network boundary of the IP address. The size of the network is determined by a transform setting (Block size). The size is set by default to 256 - meaning that the corresponding class C network will be returned. This size can be set to any power of two - e.g. 1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256 etc. As this transform is not doing any lookups it is very fast and by setting the block size small (making some assumptions) you can quickly get a rough idea of networks involved. The transform can be set to ask for the network size by marking the property as a pop up.