diff --git a/src/common.rs b/src/common.rs
index 1180073..c34a977 100644
--- a/src/common.rs
+++ b/src/common.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fmt;
-use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
 
 /// Represents a bunch of errors that can occur while working with a `IpNetwork`
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
diff --git a/src/ipv4.rs b/src/ipv4.rs
index 79c5218..67f49d7 100644
--- a/src/ipv4.rs
+++ b/src/ipv4.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl Ipv4Network {
     /// `Ipv4Addr` in the given network. `None` will be returned when there are no more
     /// addresses.
     pub fn iter(&self) -> Ipv4NetworkIterator {
-        let start = u64::from(u32::from(self.network()));
+        let start = u32::from(self.network());
         let end = start + self.size();
         Ipv4NetworkIterator { next: start, end }
     }
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ impl Ipv4Network {
     /// let tinynet: Ipv4Network = "0.0.0.0/32".parse().unwrap();
     /// assert_eq!(tinynet.size(), 1);
     /// ```
-    pub fn size(&self) -> u64 {
+    pub fn size(&self) -> u32 {
         let host_bits = u32::from(IPV4_BITS - self.prefix);
-        (2 as u64).pow(host_bits)
+        (2 as u32).pow(host_bits)
     }
 
     /// Returns the `n`:th address within this network.
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ impl Ipv4Network {
     /// assert_eq!(net2.nth(256).unwrap(), Ipv4Addr::new(10, 0, 1, 0));
     /// ```
     pub fn nth(&self, n: u32) -> Option<Ipv4Addr> {
-        if u64::from(n) < self.size() {
+        if n < self.size() {
             let net = u32::from(self.network());
             Some(Ipv4Addr::from(net + n))
         } else {
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ impl From<Ipv4Addr> for Ipv4Network {
 }
 
 pub struct Ipv4NetworkIterator {
-    next: u64,
-    end: u64,
+    next: u32,
+    end: u32,
 }
 
 impl Iterator for Ipv4NetworkIterator {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b83e63b..3d1a348 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ pub enum IpNetwork {
     V6(Ipv6Network),
 }
 
+
+/// Represents a generic network size. For IPv4, the max size is a u32 and for IPv6, it is a u128
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+pub enum NetworkSize {
+    V4(u32),
+    V6(u128),
+}
+
 impl IpNetwork {
     /// Constructs a new `IpNetwork` from a given `IpAddr` and a prefix denoting the
     /// network size. If the prefix is larger than 32 (for IPv4) or 128 (for IPv6), this
@@ -198,6 +206,25 @@ impl IpNetwork {
             _ => false,
         }
     }
+
+
+    /// Returns the number of possible host addresses in this `IpAddr`
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use ipnetwork::{IpNetwork, NetworkSize};
+    ///
+    ///
+    /// let net: IpNetwork = "127.0.0.0/24".parse().unwrap();
+    /// assert_eq!(net.size(), NetworkSize::V4(256))
+    /// ```
+    pub fn size(&self) -> NetworkSize {
+        match *self {
+            IpNetwork::V4(ref ip) => NetworkSize::V4(ip.size()),
+            IpNetwork::V6(ref ip) => NetworkSize::V6(ip.size()),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// Tries to parse the given string into a `IpNetwork`. Will first try to parse