Re: NetReg: "subnet.dat"

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From: Larry Sheldon (lsheldon@creighton.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 24 2003 - 10:50:02 CDT

> Larry Sheldon wrote:
> > I am installing 1.3rc2 and I propose to integrate it with the
> > ISC DHCP servers we already have in failover configuration.
>
> CIDR kit, or not? The subnet.dat file has a slightly different format,
> depending.

I am installing the CIDR kit--although I can't say why except that it
looked like a good thing to do.

> > I am trying to understand what "subnet.dat" gets used for, and I can't
> > find any reference to it.
> >
> > Where is it read, and what is it used for?
>
> It's used in the administrative component. In the CIDR kit, the subnet
> overview page produces a graph showing how many clients are registered
> for each subnet, how many have active leases, and a total of how many
> unregistered clients have active leases. The subnet.dat file provides
> the necessary information for this to happen.

OK--so it looks like I don't need it to run the main product.

I'll see if I can track it down from this.

Thanks. 

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