In message <0b3d01bfec57$99a090d0$070414ac@pin.lu>, "Christian Limpach" writes:

>May I suggest a different solution:  change the syntax of the file arp
>reads, i.e.
>hostname * [temp] [pub]
>   will use /etc/ethers to lookup the ether address for `hostname' or even
>hostname ethername [temp] [pub]
>   will lookup `ethername' in /etc/ethers and use the ether address found
>for `hostname'

It would be poor to break ethers(5) compatibility with other OSes.

--jhawk