ARP- address resolution protocol
according to wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_Resolution_Protocol
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a telecommunications protocol used for resolution of network layer addresses into link layer addresses, a critical function in multiple-access networks. ARP was defined by RFC 826
and there you have it...
a host wants to send an unknown host a mess,
DNS supplies the host unkown's IP address
layer 2 has no clue
it ARP's for the cue
so IP is assigned a hardware address
sorry...
network cisco ccna gns3 certification arteq
a network runs through it
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
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