APPLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Exercises
2.1 Display the Contents of ARP Packets Using the snoop Command
The purpose of this exercise is to demonstrate that hosts use ARP packets to find the MAC address of the destination host before sending an IP packet.
Estimated Time: 10 minutes
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Log in to Solaris using the root user account.
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Use the ifconfig command to display the current configuration of IP addresses on your host.
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Use the arp command to display the ARP cache entries. Then try to ping to another host on the network.
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Now, use the ifconfig command to configure a different IP address on your network interface. This IP address should not be in your own network.
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5. | Try to ping the same host again as you used in step 3. You should not ... |
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