lib/ipaddress/ipv4.rb
def supernet(new_prefix)
      raise ArgumentError, "New prefix must be smaller than existing prefix" if new_prefix >= @prefix.to_i
      return self.class.new("0.0.0.0/0") if new_prefix < 1
      return self.class.new(@address+"/#{new_prefix}").network
    end
def supernet(new_prefix)
      raise ArgumentError, "New prefix must be smaller than existing prefix" if new_prefix >= @prefix.to_i
      return self.class.new("0.0.0.0/0") if new_prefix < 1
      return self.class.new(@address+"/#{new_prefix}").network
    end
def supernet ( new_prefix ) raise ArgumentError , "New prefix must be smaller than existing prefix" if new_prefix >= @prefix . to_i return self . class . new ( "0.0.0.0/0" ) if new_prefix < 1 return self . class . new ( @address + "/#{new_prefix}" ) . network end
Returns a new IPv4 object from the supernetting
 of the instance network.

 Supernetting is similar to subnetting, except
 that you getting as a result a network with a
 smaller prefix (bigger host space). For example,
 given the network

   ip = IPAddress("172.16.10.0/24")

 you can supernet it with a new /23 prefix

   ip.supernet(23).to_string
     #=> "172.16.10.0/23"

 However if you supernet it with a /22 prefix, the
 network address will change:

   ip.supernet(22).to_string
     #=> "172.16.8.0/22"

 If +new_prefix+ is less than 1, returns 0.0.0.0/0
Returns a new IPv4 object from the supernetting of the instance network .