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 characters.  A # at the beginning of a line
       starts  a  comment 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 number between 0 and ff which represents one byte of the address,  which  is  in
       network  byte  order (big-endian).  The IP-number 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

SEE ALSO

       rarp(8)

                                                 May 15th, 2005                                        ETHERS(5)