The file /etc/networks lists networks on the
Internet. Each line describes a single network and
consists of the following blank separated fields:
name number aliases ...
where
name
is the official name of the network. All hosts on the
Internet should use the same official name for a given
network.
number
is the network number, which serves as part of the
Internet address for each host on the
Internet. All hosts on the Internet must use the same
number for a given network.
aliases...
is a blank-separated list of local aliases for the
network.
The routines which search this file ignore comments
(portions of lines beginning with ``#'') and blank
lines.
Examples
# Building 1 Internet
xyz-net 128.212
xyz-i88 128.212.64 # General
xyz-tcp 128.212.65 # TCP/IP Development