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The ARP request is sent to which layer-2 destination addresses?

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Question added by هاشم المشارقة , Key Account Manager , Advanced United Systems Ltd. ( A member of Taj Holding Group)
Date Posted: 2017/01/24
Khawaja Ahsan Zia
by Khawaja Ahsan Zia , Network Engineer , Innovative Integration (Pvt) Ltd.

ARP request is forwarded to all the L2 addresses by using broadcast address (FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF) as a destination address

hatem wahdan
by hatem wahdan , Network Administrator , EMC

It is a Broadcast so it is essentially all 1.

 

so it is  FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF

Muhammad Bilal
by Muhammad Bilal , Network Administrator , National IT Board

Every Machine connected to network has source and destination address (physical (MAC) and logical (IP)), when a machine send a packet to a destination and packet reach to switch. Switch compare that destination address in its MAC address table if found it will send on that destination address.

If destination address not found in its MAC address table switch broadcast that packet and flooded on all ports of switch except that port on which this packet originated through this switch learn the destination MAC address and update its MAC address table and send that packet to that destination address.

Mohd Wajed
by Mohd Wajed , Network Engineer , Aptus Infotech LLC Oman

arp request always will be broadcast 

Abdul Rafeek Thooppil
by Abdul Rafeek Thooppil , IT Coordinator , Oscar Building Cont LLC

ARP belongs to the OSI data link layer (Layer 2). ARP protocol is implemented by the network protocol driver. ARP packets are encapsulated by Ethernet headers and transmitted.

Ahmed Okasha
by Ahmed Okasha , First line support engineer , Diyar United Company

ARP is a broadcast message , it will spread through the LAN and blocked by the router

mahroof k
by mahroof k , lead engineer , hcl technologies

it will sent via bordcast  it will reach all the port available in that switch

Taimur Falak
by Taimur Falak , Public Relations Officer , Shaheen Al Gharbiya General Transporting

Its is sent to a broadcast address within the same VLAN.segment

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