Subject: Re: [44net] Add network to gateway From: Chris chris@g1fef.co.uk Date: 11/28/2014 08:13 PM
To: AMPRNet working group 44net@hamradio.ucsd.edu
Guys,
The intention was not to cut anyone off, but there were a lot of folk adding 44 networks to gateways that had not been allocated to them, or indeed allocated at all.
Of course that is because your view on "allocated" is different from others' I think any address that has an entry in the .ampr.org DNS is "allocated". That it does not have an entry in your list of allocated subnets is a different matter.
The whole point of the Portal is to document who has been allocated (and is using) what IPs. So the gateway code has been updated to only allow allocated networks to be added to gateways.
I would have considered it better when the work on managing allocations (addresses and DNS entries) had been finished first. But of course it is a hobby project so you can set your own priorities.
Rob