Question

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is used for:

• A. Relating IP addresses to Ethernet addresses
• B. Preventing two computers from using the same IP address
• C. Enables a workstation to know its IP address by broadcasting its local address
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is A Relating IP addresses to Ethernet addresses

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is used for relating IP addresses to Ethernet addresses.

The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a communication protocol used for discovering the link layer address, such as a MAC address, associated with a given network layer address, typically an IPv4 address. This mapping is a critical function in the Internet protocol suite.

Address Resolution Protocol, a network layer protocol used to convert an IP address into a physical address such as an Ethernet address.