TERM PAPER
TOPIC: ARP/RARP
NAME: DHRUBARKA DEKA
ROLL NUMBER: RK1RO4B20
SECTION: RK1R04
REGISTRATION NUMBER: 11003757
TEACHER ASSIGNED: MANMEET KAUR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to acknowledge the contribution of our course instructor, Manmeet Kaur madam without whose support and guidance the term paper would not have been possible. She offered her knowledge which helped to complete the term paper and guided me about the important points which need to be covered in the term paper.The acknowledgement would be incomplete without the mention of my fellow classmates who helped me in finding information about the given topic. -Dhrubarka Deka
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION
2. Difference between ARP and RARP
3. Uses of arp
4. Packet format of arp and rarp
5. Mechanism of ARP
6. Conclusion
7. reference
1. INTRODUCTION
The term address resolution refers to the process of finding an address of a computer in a network. The address is "resolved" using a protocol in which a piece of information is sent by a client process executing on the local computer to a server process executing on a remote computer. The information received by the server allows the server to uniquely identify the network system for which the address was required and therefore to provide the required address. The address resolution procedure is completed when the client receives a response from the server containing the required address.
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. Short for Address Resolution Protocol, a network layer protocol used to convert an IP address into a physical address (called a DLC address), such as an Ethernet address. A host wishing to obtain a physical