hi, i am tring to do the addition of inetnum object using 'dbupdate'. input file: [root@knagalin whoisd]# cat /tmp/ipcheck.input inetnum: <a href="http://10.10.10.0">10.10.10.0</a> - <a href="http://10.10.10.255">10.10.10.255</a> netname: IANA-ABLK-RESERVED1 descr: Class A address space for private internets descr: See <a href="http://www.ripe.net/db/rfc1918.html">http://www.ripe.net/db/rfc1918.html </a> for details country: EU # Country is really world wide admin-c: AA1-TEST tech-c: AA2-TEST status: ALLOCATED UNSPECIFIED remarks: This network should never be routed outside an enterprise remarks: See RFC1918 for further information mnt-by: TEST-DBM-MNT mnt-lower: TEST-DBM-MNT mnt-routes: TEST-DBM-MNT source: SAMPLE # Filtered changed: <a href="mailto:rsm@nic.in"> rsm@nic.in</a> 20070107 ./bin/dbupdate -c ./conf/rip.config.sample -f /tmp/ipcheck.input ... Create FAILED: [inetnum] <a href="http://10.0.0.0">10.0.0.0</a> - <a href="http://10.255.255.255">10.255.255.255 </a> ***Info: Syntax check passed inetnum: <a href="http://10.0.0.0">10.0.0.0</a> - <a href="http://10.255.255.255">10.255.255.255</a> netname: IANA-ABLK-RESERVED1 descr: Class A address space for private internets descr: See <a href="http://www.ripe.net/db/rfc1918.html">http://www.ripe.net/db/rfc1918.html</a> for details country: EU # Country is really world wide admin-c: AA1-TEST tech-c: AA2-TEST status: ALLOCATED UNSPECIFIED remarks: This network should never be routed outside an enterprise remarks: See RFC1918 for further information mnt-by: TEST-DBM-MNT mnt-lower: TEST-DBM-MNT mnt-routes: TEST-DBM-MNT source: SAMPLE # Filtered changed: <a href="mailto:rsm@nic.in">rsm@nic.in</a> 20070107 ***Error: Cannot submit filtered whois output for updates. please help me to add the iprange object in inetnum. Thanks in advance. regards Karthikeyan.N