Layer 2 of the OSI model is where we find the Data Link Layer, which provides the mechanism by which data is transferred from node to node across a network. What makes this layer important is that it ...

In March we introduced the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), a half-brother to the TCP/IP stack that maps the logical IP address space into the real world of Ethernet hardware addresses. We didn’t ...

Typing ‘arp -a’ from the command line should display the local Address Resolution Protocol cache and reveal the media-access-control address of the active IP address if it is on the same network ...

Jack Wallen shows you how to clear the Address Resolution Protocol cache and how to manage that cache with a few command switches. The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache is a crucial component of ...

To better understand the world of computer networks, it is essential for us to understand some of the more complex terminology. Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) - The Internet protocol used to ...

I think you need to supply more details...<BR><BR>Are you trying to do the name/ip lookup on some other machine than the one whose MAC address you have? <BR><BR>The translation between IP and MAC ...

Can you get a Web browser’s media access control (MAC) address from a Web server? It would probably be impractical to send an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) request. Can you get a Web browser’s ...