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Internet control message protocol
The Internet control message protocol (ICMP) provides feedback from an IP router or gateway to a source host. ICMP messages are sent in several
ICMP is defined in RFC792.
Transmission control protocol
Transmission control protocol (TCP) is a
TCP is defined in RFC793.
User datagram protocol
User datagram protocol (UDP) defines the use of unacknowledged datagrams. UDP packets are often used for very
UDP is defined in RFC768.
Address resolution protocol
The address resolution protocol (ARP) is a mechanism for mapping
•a vendor ID number, centrally assigned by the IEEE
•a unique serial number, the media access control (MAC) address, is assigned by the hardware vendor (see “Appendix I: Obtaining a MAC address”).
The MAC address usually has significance only on the local LAN wire.
The EIU implementation of ARP supports the following features:
•removal of
•configurable cache data
•encapsulation between Ethernet and IEEE 802.3 networks
ARP is supported on Ethernet, FDDI, token ring and frame relay media.