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nets(4)
NAME
  nets - JOIN DHCP server database

DESCRIPTION
  The nets file is employed by joind, the JOIN DHCP server, to tell it which
  networks to administer and the ranges of IP addresses available for dynamic
  assignment on each of those networks.

  FORMAT

  Blank lines and lines beginning with the number sign (#) are ignored.
  Entries are separated from one another by newline characters.	 Entries
  consist of three fields: the network number (expressed as an IP address),
  the IP address or name of a host running joind, which dynamically
  configures clients on the network, and a range of available addresses for
  dynamic allocation to hosts on the net. The range is expressed as a pair of
  IP addresses separated with a dash (-). There must be no whitespace
  separating the dash from the IP addresses.

  Several servers may administer a single network, and a single server may
  administer several networks. Each network-server pair may have several
  ranges of IP addresses available for dynamic allocation.  The network and
  server IP addresses do not have to be repeated for each entry.  A line
  containing a single field is assumed to be an IP range with the same server
  and network as the previous entry: a line of two fields is assumed to be a
  server address and IP range with the same network as the preceding entry.

  The ranges of addresses served by each cooperating server must be disjoint.
  This condition is checked by the server on startup.

RELATED INFORMATION
  joind(8), join.ipaddresses(4)

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