I am new to networking, so I apologize is this question is naive. I understand that 2^32 = ~4 billion. However, if you add in subnet masks, won't this number increase? For example, let's say you have the IP address 1.2.3.4 /1. Why can't you also have 1.2.3.4/2. You know it is distinct from the former address because the subnet masks are different.
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