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NAME
       ethers - Ethernet address to IP number database


DESCRIPTION
       /etc/ethers contains 48 bit Ethernet addresses and their corresponding IP numbers, one line for each IP number:

              Ethernet-address  IP-number

       The two items are separated by any number of SPACE and/or TAB char acters.   A # at the beginning of a line starts a com-
       ment which extends to the end of the line.  The Ethernet-address is written as x:x:x:x:x:x, where x is a hexadecimal num-
       ber  between 0 and ff which represents one byte of the address, which is in network byte order (big-endian).  The IP-num-
       ber may be a hostname which can be resolved by DNS or a dot separated number.


EXAMPLES
       08:00:20:00:61:CA  pal


FILES
       /etc/ethers



                                                        April 26th, 1996                                               ETHERS(5)