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
comment which extends to the end of the line. The Ether
net-address is written as x:x:x:x:x:x, where x is a hex
adecimal 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
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FILES
/etc/ethers
SEE ALSO
rarp(8)
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