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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 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)



			       April 26th, 1996			    ETHERS(5)