}

    // Many strategies for hashing are possible. This might suffice for now.
    int coercedHash = Hashing.murmur3_32_fixed().hashLong(addressAsLong).asInt();

    // Squash into 224/4 Multicast and 240/4 Reserved space (i.e. 224/3).
    coercedHash |= 0xe0000000;

    // Fixup to avoid some "illegal" values. Currently the only potential
    // illegal value is 255.255.255.255.