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ARP Table
This chapter introduces ARP table.
31.1 ARP Table Overview
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a protocol for mapping an Internet Protocol address (IP
address) to a physical machine address, also known as a Media Access Control or MAC
address, on the local area network.
An IP (version 4) address is 32 bits long. In an Ethernet LAN, MAC addresses are 48 bits
long. The ARP Table maintains an association between each MAC address and its
corresponding IP address.
31.1.1 How ARP Works
When an incoming packet destined for a host device on a local area network arrives at the
switch, the switch's ARP program looks in the ARP Table and, if it finds the address, sends it
to the device.
If no entry is found for the IP address, ARP broadcasts the request to all the devices on the
LAN. The switch fills in its own MAC and IP address in the sender address fields, and puts the
known IP address of the target in the target IP address field. In addition, the switch puts all
ones in the target MAC field (FF.FF.FF.FF.FF.FF is the Ethernet broadcast address). The
replying device (which is either the IP address of the device being sought or the router that
knows the way) replaces the broadcast address with the target's MAC address, swaps the
sender and target pairs, and unicasts the answer directly back to the requesting machine. ARP
updates the ARP Table for future reference and then sends the packet to the MAC address that
replied.
31.2 Viewing the ARP Table
Click
Management
>
ARP Table
in the navigation panel to open the following screen. Use
the ARP table to view IP-to-MAC address mapping(s).
Summary of Contents for VDSL SWITCH VES-1616F-3X
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Page 34: ...Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Switch VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 34 ...
Page 42: ...Chapter 3 Hardware Overview VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 42 ...
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Page 84: ...Chapter 6 Basic Setting VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 84 ...
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Page 106: ...Chapter 10 Spanning Tree Protocol VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 106 ...
Page 120: ...Chapter 15 Port Authentication VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 120 ...
Page 126: ...Chapter 17 Queuing Method VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 126 ...
Page 131: ...Chapter 18 Classifier VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 131 Figure 51 Classifier Example ...
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Page 138: ...Chapter 19 Policy VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 138 Figure 53 Policy Example ...
Page 144: ...Chapter 20 VLAN Stacking VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 144 ...
Page 156: ...Chapter 21 Multicast VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 156 ...
Page 160: ...Chapter 22 Differentiated Services VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 160 ...
Page 161: ...161 PART IV Routing Protocol Static Route 163 DHCP Relay 165 ...
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Page 178: ...Chapter 25 Maintenance VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 178 ...
Page 192: ...Chapter 27 Diagnostic VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 192 ...
Page 196: ...Chapter 28 Syslog VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 196 ...
Page 202: ...Chapter 29 Cluster Management VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 202 ...
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Page 242: ...Chapter 32 Introducing the Commands VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 242 ...
Page 266: ...Chapter 34 IEEE 802 1Q Tagged VLAN Commands VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 266 ...
Page 274: ...Chapter 35 Troubleshooting VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 274 ...
Page 282: ...Chapter 36 Product Specifications VES 1616F 3x Series User s Guide 282 ...
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