5 - ARP Process

Question 1

What is the process that ARP goes through to discover MAC - address

Answer 1

1 - want to reach B

2 - DNS will healp resolve the name into Ip address (eg 10.0.0.1)

3 - all ports are flooded requested to confirm who own the ip address 10.0.0.1

4 - Device B will reply confirming it is the owner of the ip - it will reply with it mac address

5 - Device A will send data

Question 2

Is ARP done only at the first time connection ?

Answer 2

Yes ARP is done on the first time a device connects - fater the into goes into an ARP table

Question 3

ARP memory is known as ?

Answer 3

ARP Table

Question 4

How long is the ARP memory last or - before it refreshes

Answer 4

? find out

Question 5

Is ARP only done locally ?

Answer 5

yes - any info it needs o the local network it will request it from the default getway - Router