On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 07:57:35PM +0300, Shaul Karl wrote: > You are right that when I ping x.x.x.x I do know the IP address. > Yet according to the DSL-HOWTO/appendix.html > > ARP > Address Resolution Protocol. Converts MAC addresses to IP > addresses. > > The way I read this is that an ARP request would send the MAC and expect > the IP in return. That is, what is known is the MAC and what is looked > after is the IP. If my understanding is correct then what both of us are > missing is how this integrates into Ethernet communication.
The way I read this is that the quoted document is in error. Either they were reffering to RARP (reverse ARP, used to be used for things like what DHCP does today, in combination with bootp) or they just mixed "IP" and "MAC". Maybe you want to write the author about this. Cheers, --Amos ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
