Key Terms
Review the following list of key terms:
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)— A key Internet layer protocol used to obtain the physical address associated with an IP address. ARP maintains a cache of recently resolved physical-address-to-IP-address pairs.
Class A, B, C, D, and E— A classification system for IP addresses. The network class determines how the address is subdivided into a network ID and host ID.
Host ID— A portion of the IP address that refers to a node on the network. Each node within a network should have an IP address that contains a unique host ID.
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)— A key Internet layer protocol used by routers to send messages that inform the source IP of routing problems. ICMP is also used by the ...
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