Arp Vs Rarp?
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ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) is a protocol used to map IP addresses to physical hardware addresses such as a computer’s MAC address. It is used on Ethernet networks to find the hardware address associated with a given IP address.
RARP (Reverse Address Resolution Protocol) is a protocol used to map hardware addresses to IP addresses. It is used on Ethernet networks to find the IP address associated with a given hardware address. It is the opposite of ARP.
The key difference between ARP and RARP is that, while ARP is used to translate IP addresses into MAC addresses, RARP is used to translate MAC Addresses into IP addresses. ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) is a protocol used by hosts to map physical addresses of hosts to their corresponding logical addresses when sending data over a network. RARP (Reverse Address Resolution Protocol) is a network protocol used by a computer of a local area network for the purpose of obtaining its own IP address from another computer on the same network.