Chapter 13

The ARP Process

Objectives

Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions:

  • What is the difference between the roles of the MAC address and the IP address?

  • Why is it important to contain broadcasts within a network?

Key Term

This chapter uses the following key term. You can find the definition in the Glossary.

ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)

Introduction (13.0)

Kishori was looking at her phone and noticed that her phone actually has its own IP address. When she went home, she noticed that the IP address had changed to a value that is different from the address that she had at the hospital. She remembered from reading about DHCP that it provides addresses to devices automatically, so she ...

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