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+import ipaddr
+
+__author__ = "Jose Luis Franco Arza"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright(c) 2016, Ericsson."
+__license__ = "New-style BSD"
+__email__ = "jose.luis.franco.arza@ericsson.com"
+
+
+def get_network_from_cidr(cidr):
+ '''
+ Returns the subnetwork part from a given subnet in CIDR format,
+ like 192.168.1.0/24. Returning 192.168.1.0.
+ '''
+ o = ipaddr.IPv4Network(cidr)
+ return str(o.network)
+
+
+def get_mask_from_cidr(cidr):
+ '''
+ Returns a subnet mask from a given subnet in CIDR format,
+ like 192.168.1.0/24. Returning 255.255.255.0.
+ '''
+ o = ipaddr.IPv4Network(cidr)
+ return str(o.netmask)
+
+
+def get_ip_address_first_octets(ip, n_octets):
+ '''
+ Given an IP address, this function returns the number
+ of octets determined as argument. If 4 are specified, then the output
+ is the whole IP
+ '''
+
+ return ".".join(ip.split(".")[:int(n_octets)])