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Discussion Forum : TCP/IP - TCP/IP (Q.No. 17)
17.
What protocol is used to find the hardware address of a local device?
RARP
ARP
IP
ICMP
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is used to find the hardware address from a known IP address.
Discussion:
3 comments Page 1 of 1.

Melkamu said:   2 months ago
Thank you for explaining @Venkatesh.

Venkatesh ch said:   8 years ago
ARP:: Address resolution protocol is used to find the mac (physical/hardware) address given that you have that machine ip address.

RARP:: Reverse Address Resolution protocol is used to find the ip address given that you have MAC address.

So option should be B.

Nidhi said:   1 decade ago
Hardware address is the MAC address,right?
then it should be RARP,isn't it?

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