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Glossary: TCP/IP in Depth, Part 1

ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)

Also written: ARP request, ARP reply, who-has, is-at

The protocol that finds the MAC address that goes with an IPv4 address on the local LAN. The laptop broadcasts "who has 192.168.10.30?", and only the printer answers, by unicast, with its MAC.

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Related terms

ARP cachegratuitous ARPMAC addressNeighbor Discovery