I admin the freeipdb server , so steve asked me to reply with the required information.
Ben April wrote: >On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 05:21:31PM -0500, Steve Kent wrote: > >>We have been using freeipdb for a while -- it' generally been great. But >>we have run into some major problem. In a nutshell, I have a parent block >>which seems to have been assigned twice. >> > >Steve- > A block can exist more than once provided it is not > created in the same region. > > Are these part of a larger supernet? > Yes they are part of a /23 > Which region was the supernet added to? > Region A > How did space get moved to the other region? > The space was moved using the "Put a block in region" section of admin.cgi > > > and what version of FreeIPdb are you running? > 0.1.3 > How did you try to reclaim the block? > By setting the reclaim block on the /25 > >>Region A 192.168.10.0/24 Client A >>Region B 192.168.10.127/25 Client B >> >>I didn't think this was possible . . . anyway I tried to reclaim the /25 >>to get rid of it -- no dice it is maked as a Master Block (?) Is there a >>way I can get rid of the /25 so the /24 appears as a full block associated >>with the first client?? >> > >The "Master block" means that someone has set the reclaim flag on that block. >so that the space will not allocated until that flag is turned off. >Depending on your version the reclaim function will not cross region boundaries >so you may be able to move the /25 into region A and try a reclaim again. > >We'll get you back running in no time. > >>Any help would be greatly appreciated. >>Thanks -- Steve >>_____________________________________ >>Steven Kent >>Senior Network Engineer >>onShore, Inc. >>312.850.5200 >> >> > -- Joseph J. Gresham Jr. Systems Integration Consultant Onshore Inc. 312-850-5200 x.138
