> > were /etc/ethers contains lines such as:
> >
> > 138.251.224.119 00:40:05:66:E5:0A
>
> The manpage says the other way round:
Oh, erm haven't used that file in a while but......
root@baneberry:~> cat humm
192.168.2.20 00:A0:24:50:09:61
00:A0:24:50:09:61 192.168.2.20
root@baneberry:~> /sbin/arp -f humm
00:A0:24:50:09:61: Unknown host
arp: cannot set entry on line 2 of etherfile humm !
And my man page agrees with that format, man page marked as:
net-tools 5 Jan 1999
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