How to list all IPs in a network

convert the CIDR address and netmask to uint32. Find the start and finish and then loop on the uint32 to get the addresses

package main

import (
    "encoding/binary"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "net"
)

func main() {
    // convert string to IPNet struct
    _, ipv4Net, err := net.ParseCIDR("192.168.255.128/25")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    // convert IPNet struct mask and address to uint32
    // network is BigEndian
    mask := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(ipv4Net.Mask)
    start := binary.BigEndian.Uint32(ipv4Net.IP)

    // find the final address
    finish := (start & mask) | (mask ^ 0xffffffff)

    // loop through addresses as uint32
    for i := start; i <= finish; i++ {
         // convert back to net.IP
        ip := make(net.IP, 4)
        binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(ip, i)
        fmt.Println(ip)
    }

}

https://play.golang.org/p/5Yq0kXNnjYx

I found a way to do it based on https://play.golang.org/p/fe-F2k6prlA by adam-hanna in this thread - https://gist.github.com/kotakanbe/d3059af990252ba89a82

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "net"
    "time"
)

func Hosts(cidr string) ([]string, int, error) {
    ip, ipnet, err := net.ParseCIDR(cidr)
    if err != nil {
        return nil, 0, err
    }

    var ips []string
    for ip := ip.Mask(ipnet.Mask); ipnet.Contains(ip); inc(ip) {
        ips = append(ips, ip.String())
    }

    // remove network address and broadcast address
    lenIPs := len(ips)
    switch {
    case lenIPs < 2:
        return ips, lenIPs, nil

    default:
    return ips[1 : len(ips)-1], lenIPs - 2, nil
    }
}

func inc(ip net.IP) {
    for j := len(ip) - 1; j >= 0; j-- {
        ip[j]++
        if ip[j] > 0 {
            break
        }
    }
}

func main() {
    ips, count, err := Hosts("8.8.8.0/24")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    for n := 0; n <= count; n += 8 {
        fmt.Println(ips[n])
    }
}

You can use net.ParseCIDR to generate an *IPNet for the corresponding network.

Here is the equivalent using the IPAddress Go module. Disclaimer: I am the project manager.

import a "github.com/seancfoley/ipaddress-go/ipaddr"

var addrs []*a.IPAddress
block := a.NewIPAddressString("8.8.8.0/24").GetAddress()
for i := block.Iterator(); i.HasNext(); {
    addrs = append(addrs, i.Next())
}

Use append(addrs, iter.Next().GetNetIP()) for a slice of net.IP.