I think perhaps you are using an Atom Bomb to split a walnut. If your files are well formed and as simple as shown then something like this may be more appropriate: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my $n;
local $/;
my $data =<DATA>;
for my $network( split /(?=network:\w+)/, $data ) {
     my ( $net_loc ) = $network =~ m/network:(\w+)/;
     my ( $ip ) = $network =~ m/ip\s*=\s*([\d\.]+)/;
     my ( $mask ) = $network =~ m/mask\s*=\s*([\d\.]+)/;
     my %hosts = $network =~ m/host:(\w+)\s*=\s*{\s*([^;}]+)/g;
     $n->{$net_loc} = { ip => $ip, mask => $mask };
     $n->{$net_loc}->{$_} = $hosts{$_} for keys %hosts;
}

use Data::Dumper;
print Dumper $n;

__DATA__
network:north = {
ip = 10.1.1.0; mask = 255.255.255.0;
host:asterix = {ip = 10.1.1.10;}
host:obelix = {ip = 10.1.1.11;}
host:idefix = {ip = 10.1.1.12;}
host:ix_13_20 = {range = 10.1.1.13 - 10.1.1.20;}
}

network:south = {
ip = 10.1.1.0; mask = 255.255.255.0;
host:asterix = {ip = 10.1.1.10;}
host:obelix = {ip = 10.1.1.11;}
host:idefix = {ip = 10.1.1.12;}
host:ix_13_20 = {range = 10.1.1.13 - 10.1.1.20;}
}

__END__
$VAR1 = {
          'north' => {
                       'ip' => '10.1.1.0',
                       'asterix' => 'ip = 10.1.1.10',
                       'obelix' => 'ip = 10.1.1.11',
                       'idefix' => 'ip = 10.1.1.12',
                       'mask' => '255.255.255.0',
                       'ix_13_20' => 'range = 10.1.1.13 - 10.1.1.20'
                     },
          'south' => {
                       'ip' => '10.1.1.0',
                       'asterix' => 'ip = 10.1.1.10',
                       'obelix' => 'ip = 10.1.1.11',
                       'idefix' => 'ip = 10.1.1.12',
                       'mask' => '255.255.255.0',
                       'ix_13_20' => 'range = 10.1.1.13 - 10.1.1.20'
                     }
        };

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cheers

tachyon

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In reply to Re: Parse::RecDescent and <score: ...> directive by tachyon
in thread Parse::RecDescent and <score: ...> directive by orrence

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