Converting CIDR address to subnet mask and network address
It is covered by apache utils. See this URL: http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-net/apidocs/org/apache/commons/net/util/SubnetUtils.html String subnet = “192.168.0.3/31”; SubnetUtils utils = new SubnetUtils(subnet); utils.getInfo().isInRange(address) Note: For use w/ /32 CIDR subnets, for exemple, one needs to add the following declaration : utils.setInclusiveHostCount(true);