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Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR / ˈ s aɪ d ər, ˈ s ɪ-/) is a method for allocating IP addresses for IP routing.The Internet Engineering Task Force introduced CIDR in 1993 to replace the previous classful network addressing architecture on the Internet.
A wildcard mask is a mask of bits that indicates which parts of an IP address are available for examination. In the Cisco IOS, [1] they are used in several places, for example:
In the past, the recommended allocation for an IPv6 customer site was an address space with a 48-bit (/ 48) prefix. [20] However, this recommendation was revised to encourage smaller blocks, for example using 56-bit prefixes. [21] Another common allocation size for residential customer networks has a 64-bit prefix.