IP scatter size in a subnet - what can it be?

Question

PHP

A third-party program uses such a parameter as "IP scatter size in a subnet", declared as a parameter that affects the size of the range of IP addresses in a subnet in which IP addresses will be considered from the same subnet (IP addresses from the same subnet will not perform the task for the IP uniqueness period ). The minimum value is 4, the maximum is 24.
An example is given:
Parameters
IP scatter size in subnet - 11.
Conditions
IP address - 0.0.0.0
Result
Number of IP addresses in one subnet of the 16th magnitude : 2048. task taking into account the size of the spread of IP in the subnet - 0.0.4.255

Please tell me what is this parameter. How can it be calculated, for example, in PHP? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D...
TCP/IP has the following parameters in descending order of importance:
1. IP address - it is needed for the device1 knew where to send the packet to device2
2. IP mask - it is needed to determine the size of the local network, and to understand whether the packet can be sent directly to device two, or transmitted through a router.
3. Default gateway - if we send a packet to a device outside our subnet, we will not be able to contact it directly, therefore we send it to this address, and the default gateway accordingly passes it further along the route until it reaches a device that can transmit addressee directly.
4. DNS server - it is needed to convert a domain name like google.com into an IP address.

Answer 2

A third-party program uses such a parameter as "IP scatter size in a subnet", declared as a parameter,

Some kind of garbage :-o
The authors of such "third-party programs" should have their legs pulled out.