K KellyWayper Aug 14, 2008 #1 Whats address resolution protocol for? is it similar to DNS, why we cant just use dns instead of arp?
Whats address resolution protocol for? is it similar to DNS, why we cant just use dns instead of arp?
D David H. Lipman Aug 14, 2008 #2 From: <[email protected]> | Whats address resolution protocol for? is it similar to DNS, why we | cant just use dns instead of arp? DNS works between IP address and name resolution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System ARP works btween MAC address and IP address. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_Resolution_Protocol Basically working on a different layer of the OSI model. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osi_model
From: <[email protected]> | Whats address resolution protocol for? is it similar to DNS, why we | cant just use dns instead of arp? DNS works between IP address and name resolution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System ARP works btween MAC address and IP address. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_Resolution_Protocol Basically working on a different layer of the OSI model. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osi_model
