1) in generate_ips if start_ipaddr does not have a `/` in it
there exists a code path where both mask and step are
null values. Write a bit of code to ensure this pre-req
is found early and often
2) in verify_rib there exists a code path where static_route
is null when we get to the non static route section. Change
the code to operate on the advertise_network_dict that
we are iterating over.