Find out if an IP is within a range of IPs

Question

How can you tell if an ip, say 62.156.244.13 is within the range of 62.0.0.0 and 62.255.255.255

Answer 1

I would use this killer little function to convert the IP addresses into integers, and then compare those.

def ip_addr_in_range?(low, high, addr)
  int_addr = numeric_ip(addr)
  int_addr <= numeric_ip(high) && int_addr >= numeric_ip(low)
end

def numeric_ip(ip_str)
  ip_str.split('.').inject(0) { |ip_num, part| ( ip_num << 8 ) + part.to_i }
end

def test_ip_addr_in_range(low, high, addr, expected)
  result = ip_addr_in_range?(low, high, addr)
  puts "#{addr} #{(expected ? 'should' : 'should not')} be within #{low} and #{high}: #{(expected == result ? 'PASS' : 'FAIL')}"
end


test_ip_addr_in_range("192.168.0.0", "192.168.0.255", "192.168.0.200", true)
test_ip_addr_in_range("192.168.0.0", "192.168.0.155", "192.168.0.200", false)
test_ip_addr_in_range("192.168.0.0", "192.168.255.255", "192.168.100.200", true)
test_ip_addr_in_range("192.168.0.0", "192.168.100.255", "192.168.150.200", false)
test_ip_addr_in_range("192.168.255.255", "192.255.255.255", "192.200.100.100", true)
test_ip_addr_in_range("192.168.255.255", "192.255.255.255", "192.100.100.100", false)
test_ip_addr_in_range("192.168.255.255", "255.255.255.255", "200.200.100.100", true)
test_ip_addr_in_range("192.168.255.255", "255.255.255.255", "180.100.100.100", false)

$ ruby ip_range.rb
192.168.0.200 should be within 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.0.255: PASS
192.168.0.200 should not be within 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.0.155: PASS
192.168.100.200 should be within 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.255.255: PASS
192.168.150.200 should not be within 192.168.0.0 and 192.168.100.255: PASS
192.200.100.100 should be within 192.168.255.255 and 192.255.255.255: PASS
192.100.100.100 should not be within 192.168.255.255 and 192.255.255.255: PASS
200.200.100.100 should be within 192.168.255.255 and 255.255.255.255: PASS
180.100.100.100 should not be within 192.168.255.255 and 255.255.255.255: PASS