What Is The Purpose Of An Arp Request?
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An Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) request is a type of network packet used to request the Media Access Control (MAC) address of a network device from another computer in a local area network (LAN). ARP requests are broadcasted to all computers on the LAN, and the machine whose IP address matches the one in the request responds with its MAC address. This is used to map IP addresses to MAC addresses so that machines can communicate on the network.