Omega Engineering i.BTX-M manual ARP Protocol, ARP Commands and Responses

4.6 ARP Protocol

ARP is the Internet layer protocol responsible for matching or obtaining the MAC (hardware) address that corresponds to a particular IP address. The ARP command allows the user to view the current contents of the ARP cache of the local computer (residing on the same network). Microsoft includes the ARP.EXE utility for viewing and modifying the ARP cache with its Windows products. The following ARP commands can be used to view cache entries:

•arp –a ➞ Use this command to view all ARP cache entries.

•arp –a plus IP address ➞ Use this command to view ARP cache entries associated with one particular interface on a network with multiple adapters.

•arp –g ➞ Same as arp –a.

•arp –N ➞ Use this command to display ARP entries for specific network interface.

•arp – s plus IP address plus Physical address ➞ Use this command to manually add a permanent static entry to the ARP cache.

•arp –d ➞ Use this command to manually delete a static entry.

Ping the destination computer using IP address first before using the arp -a command.

The following window shows examples of arp commands and responses.

•Your computer has an IP address of 192.168.1.118

•The destination computer has an IP address of 192.168.1.96

C:\>arp - 192.168.1.96

No ARP Entries Found

C:\>ping 192.168.1.96

Pinging 192.168.1.96 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.96=bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=32

Reply from 192.168.1.96=bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=32

Reply from 192.168.1.96=bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=32

Reply from 192.168.1.96=bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=32

C:\>arp -a	192.168.1.96
Interface: 192.168.1.118
Internet Address		Physical Addresss	Type
192.168.1.96		00-03-34-00-00-23	dynamic
C:\>arp -s 192.168.1.96 00-03-34-00-00-23
C:\>arp -a 192.168.1.96
Interface: 192.168.1.118
Internet Address		Physical Addresss	Type
192.168.1.96		00-03-34-00-00-23	static

C:\>arp -d 192.168.1.96

C:\>arp -a 192.168.1.96

No ARP Entries Found

C:\>

Figure 4.14 ARP Commands and Responses

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