Difference between ARP
and RARP.
- Address Resolution Protocol is utilized for mapping IP network address to the hardware address that uses data link protocol.
- Reverse Address Resolution Protocol is a protocol using which a physical machine in a LAN could request to find its IP address from ARP table or cache from a gateway server.
- IP address of destination to physical address conversion is done by ARP, by broadcasting in LAN.
- Physical address of source to IP address conversion is done by RARP.
- ARP associates 32 bit IP address with 48 bit physical address.
- Allowing a host to discover its internet address after knowing only its physical address is done by RARP
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