diff --git a/lib/ip.js b/lib/ip.js
index c1799a8..d827546 100644
--- a/lib/ip.js
+++ b/lib/ip.js
@@ -216,6 +216,40 @@ ip.subnet = function(addr, mask) {
   };
 };
 
+ip.range = function(addr) {
+  var from = false;
+  var to = false;
+
+  var m = addr.match(/((?:[0-9]{1,3}\.){3})([0-9]{1,3})-([0-9]{1,3})/);
+  if (m) {
+    from = m[1] + m[2];
+    to = m[1] + m[3];
+  }
+
+  m = addr
+     .match(/((?:[0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3})-((?:[0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3})/);
+  if (m) {
+    from = m[1];
+    to = m[2];
+  }
+
+  if (!from || !to) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  var fromLong = ip.toLong(from);
+  var toLong = ip.toLong(to);
+
+  return {
+    firstAddress: from,
+    lastAddress: to,
+    length: toLong - fromLong,
+    contains: function(other) {
+      return ip.toLong(other) >= fromLong && ip.toLong(other) <= toLong;
+    }
+  };
+};
+
 ip.cidrSubnet = function(cidrString) {
   var cidrParts = cidrString.split('/');
 
diff --git a/test/api-test.js b/test/api-test.js
index 2e390f9..3bb5369 100644
--- a/test/api-test.js
+++ b/test/api-test.js
@@ -177,6 +177,51 @@ describe('IP library for node.js', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('range() method', function() {
+    var ipv4RangeShort = ip.range('192.168.0.100-249');
+    var ipv4RangeLong = ip.range('192.168.0.100-192.168.1.100');
+
+    it('should compute an ipv4 range\'s first address', function() {
+      assert.equal(ipv4RangeShort.firstAddress, '192.168.0.100');
+    });
+
+    it('should compute an ipv4 range\'s last address', function() {
+      assert.equal(ipv4RangeShort.lastAddress, '192.168.0.249');
+    });
+
+    it('should compute an ipv4 range number of addresses', function() {
+      assert.equal(ipv4RangeShort.length, 149);
+    });
+
+    it('should know whether a subnet contains an address', function() {
+      assert.equal(ipv4RangeShort.contains('192.168.0.180'), true);
+    });
+
+    it('should know whether a subnet contains an address', function() {
+      assert.equal(ipv4RangeShort.contains('192.168.0.255'), false);
+    });
+
+    it('should compute an ipv4 range\'s first address', function() {
+      assert.equal(ipv4RangeLong.firstAddress, '192.168.0.100');
+    });
+
+    it('should compute an ipv4 range\'s last address', function() {
+      assert.equal(ipv4RangeLong.lastAddress, '192.168.1.100');
+    });
+
+    it('should compute an ipv4 range number of addresses', function() {
+      assert.equal(ipv4RangeLong.length, 256);
+    });
+
+    it('should know whether a subnet contains an address', function() {
+      assert.equal(ipv4RangeLong.contains('192.168.0.180'), true);
+    });
+
+    it('should know whether a subnet contains an address', function() {
+      assert.equal(ipv4RangeLong.contains('192.168.1.255'), false);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('cidrSubnet() method', function() {
     // Test cases calculated with http://www.subnet-calculator.com/
     var ipv4Subnet = ip.cidrSubnet('192.168.1.134/26');