ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)
- Works in conjunction with IPv4 to discover MAC address of host or node on local network
- Also maintains database that maps IP addresses to MAC addresses on local network
ARP Table
- Database containing IP --> MAC mappings
- Two types of entries
- Dynamic
- Created when client makes an ARP request that could not be satisfied with data existing in ARP table
- Static
- Those someone entered in manually with an ARP utility
- Dynamic