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

       arp(8), rarp(8)

net-tools                                          2008-10-03                                          ETHERS(5)