Which protocol resolves an IP address to a MAC address?

A.) DHCP

B.) RARP

C.) ARP

D.) NBP

E.) DNS

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Which protocol resolves an IP address to a MAC address? A.) DHCP B.) RARP C.) ARP D.) NB..

Answer / guest

Answer: C

The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) sends out a broadcast
to determine

the MAC address from the IP address.

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Which protocol resolves an IP address to a MAC address? A.) DHCP B.) RARP C.) ARP D.) NB..

Answer / m haja bahurudeen

Ans : C) ARP


ARP - IP to Mac address
RARP - Mac to IP
DNS - IP to Hostname
DHCP - Automatic allocate ip,subnetmask

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Which protocol resolves an IP address to a MAC address? A.) DHCP B.) RARP C.) ARP D.) NB..

Answer / ali

when a request recieved by the switch from a specific port
i first check the mac table for that request if the
appropriate mac address is present then it just forward to
that specific address as a unicast if it is not present in
the table then the address resolution protocol broadcast
that address and when it get a correct reply from a port it
then add that port to there mac address table so it mean
the first request will be broadcast and next time it will
unicast
so the correct

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Which protocol resolves an IP address to a MAC address? A.) DHCP B.) RARP C.) ARP D.) NB..

Answer / rajbir singh mor

A PC in an Ethernet network can communicate with another
PC, if only it knows the Ethernet address (MAC address) of
that PC. Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a network
protocol uses to translate a PC’s IP address to physical
(hardware) address. From OSI model point of view, ARP
belongs to the OSI data link layer (Layer 2).

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