ethers

ETHERS(5) Linux System Administrator's Manual ETHERS(5)

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)