Problems with RIPE database

>   From owner-db-wg at ripe.net Mon Jul 15 16:41:30 1996
>   From: rensvp at renater.fr

>   One of our program which automatically generates route objects
>   in the RIPE database crashes because of a 'strange' answer of
>   the ripe database.
>   
>   I have recently allocated the following block 194.254.220.0 - 194.254.235.0
>   for one of our site. So the object generated in the RIPE database is:
>   
>    inetnum:     194.254.220.0 - 194.254.235.0

Are you sure this is what you wanted to assign? Was it not:

inetnum:     194.254.220.0 - 194.254.235.255
                                         ^^^
?


>    ...
>   
>   So when I make the following request:
>   
>    whois 194.254.220.0 I get:
>    
>    inetnum:     194.254.220.0 - 194.254.235.0
>   
>   I get the same answer for the following addresses: 194.254.220,221,222...227
>   
>   However, If I do:
>   
>    whois 194.254.228.0 I get:
>   
>    inetnum:     194.254.0.0 - 194.254.255.255
>   
>   I get the same answer for the following addresses: 194.254.228,229...235
>   while I should get: inetnum: 194.254.220 - 194.254.235.0.
>   
>   (The whole block 194.254.0.0-194.254.255.0 belongs to Renater, and I allocate IP
>   numbers from this block to our sites)
>   So, as one of our program automatically generates route objects, It works fine for
>   the first 8 addresses :
>   
>   route:       194.254.220.0/24
>   ...
>   route:       194.254.221.0/24
>   ...
>   route:       194.254.222.0/24 ....
>   

BTW: Why do you add so many /24s, wouldn't aggregation be possible?

>   but it does not generate any route objects for the other addresses, because instead
>   of generating 194.254.228.0/24 it tries to generate a route object for 
>   194.254.0.0-194.254.255.255
>   
>   Do you have any explanations for this problem ?
>   
>   Thanks for your help.
>   
>   Franck SIMON
>   RENATER
>   

Best regards,
Janos Zsako