| ARP, Address Resolution Protocol |
Description:
| Protocol suite: | TCP/IP. |
| Type: | Network layer address resolution protocol. |
| Ethertype: | 0x0806 |
ARP is used to translate protocol addresses to hardware interface addresses.
RARP provides the complementary translation from the hardware interface address to the protocol address.
| MAC header | ARP packet |
ARP Packet format:
| 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Hardware address length | Protocol address length | Opcode | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source hardware address ::: |
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| Source protocol address ::: |
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| Destination hardware address ::: |
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| Destination protocol address ::: |
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Hardware type. 16 bits.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ethernet. |
| 2 | Experimental Ethernet. |
| 3 | Amateur Radio AX.25. |
| 4 | Proteon ProNET Token Ring. |
| 5 | Chaos. |
| 6 | IEEE 802. |
| 7 | ARCNET. |
| 8 | Hyperchannel. |
| 9 | Lanstar. |
| 10 | Autonet Short Address. |
| 11 | LocalTalk. |
| 12 | LocalNet (IBM PCNet or SYTEK LocalNET). |
| 13 | Ultra link. |
| 14 | SMDS. |
| 15 | Frame Relay. |
| 16 | ATM, Asynchronous Transmission Mode. |
| 17 | HDLC. |
| 18 | Fibre Channel. |
| 19 | ATM, Asynchronous Transmission Mode. |
| 20 | Serial Line. |
| 21 | ATM, Asynchronous Transmission Mode. |
| 22 | MIL-STD-188-220. |
| 23 | Metricom. |
| 24 | IEEE 1394.1995. |
| 25 | MAPOS. |
| 26 | Twinaxial. |
| 27 | EUI-64. |
| 28 | HIPARP. |
| 29 | IP and ARP over ISO 7816-3. |
| 30 | ARPSec. |
Protocol type. 16 bits.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 0x800 | IP. |
Hardware address length. 8 bits.
Length of the hardware address in bytes.
Protocol address length. 8 bits.
Length of the protocol address in bytes.
Opcode. 16 bits.
| Value | Description | References |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Request. | RFC 826 |
| 2 | Reply. | RFC 826, RFC 1868 |
| 3 | Request Reverse. | RFC 903 |
| 4 | Reply Reverse. | RFC 903 |
| 5 | DRARP Request. | RFC 1931 |
| 6 | DRARP Reply. | RFC 1931 |
| 7 | DRARP Error. | RFC 1931 |
| 8 | InARP Request. | RFC 1293 |
| 9 | InARP Reply. | RFC 1293 |
| 10 | ARP NAK. | RFC 1577 |
| 11 | MARS Request. | |
| 12 | MARS Multi. | |
| 13 | MARS MServ. | |
| 14 | MARS Join. | |
| 15 | MARS Leave. | |
| 16 | MARS NAK. | |
| 17 | MARS Unserv. | |
| 18 | MARS SJoin. | |
| 19 | MARS SLeave. | |
| 20 | MARS Grouplist Request. | |
| 21 | MARS Grouplist Reply. | |
| 22 | MARS Redirect Map. | |
| 23 | MAPOS UNARP. |
Source hardware address. Variable length.
Source protocol address. Variable length.
Destination hardware address. Variable length.
Destination protocol address. Variable length.
Glossary:
ARP Helper Address.
(RFC 1433, section 3.1). A host or router that implements Directed ARP procedures
associates an ARP Helper Address with each routing table entry. If the host or router has
been configured to resolve the next-hop IP address to its associated link level address
(or to resolve the destination IP address, if the next-hop IP address is NULL), the
associated ARP Helper Address is NULL. Otherwise, the ARP Helper Address is the IP address
of the router that provided the routing information indicating that the next-hop address
was on the same link level network as the associated physical interface.
Directed ARP.
(RFC 1433, section 2). A procedure that enables a router advertising that an IP address is
on a shared link level network to also aid in resolving the IP address to its associated
link level address. By removing address resolution constraints, Directed ARP enables
dynamic routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF to advertise and use routing information
that leads to next-hop addresses on "foreign" IP networks. In addition, Directed
ARP enables routers to advertise (via ICMP Redirects) next-hop addresses that are
"foreign" to hosts, since the hosts can use Directed ARP to resolve the
"foreign" next-hop addresses.
RFCs:
[RFC 826] An Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol.
[RFC 903] A Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
[RFC 1027] Using ARP to Implement Transparent Subnet Gateways.
[RFC 1042] A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over IEEE 802 Networks.
[RFC 1051] A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams and ARP Packets over ARCNET Networks.
[RFC 1122] Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Communication Layers.
[RFC 1180] A TCP/IP Tutorial.
[RFC 1188] A Proposed Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over FDDI Networks.
[RFC 1209] The Transmission of IP Datagrams over the SMDS Service.
[RFC 1293] Inverse Address Resolution Protocol.
[RFC 1390] Transmission of IP and ARP over FDDI Networks.
[RFC 1433] Directed ARP.
[RFC 1577] Classical IP and ARP over ATM.
[RFC 1716] Towards Requirements for IP Routers.
[RFC 1812] Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers.
[RFC 1868] ARP Extension - UNARP.
[RFC 2176] IPv4 over MAPOS Version 1.
[RFC 2225] Classical IP and ARP over ATM.
[RFC 2336] Classical IP and ARP over ATM to NHRP Transition.
[RFC 2625] IP and ARP over Fibre Channel.
[RFC 2834] ARP and IP Broadcast over HIPPI-800.
[RFC 2835] IP and ARP over HIPPI-6400 (GSN).
Obsolete RFCs:
[RFC 948] TWO METHODS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF IP DATAGRAMS OVER IEEE 802.3 NETWORKS.
[RFC 1103] A Proposed Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over FDDI Networks.
[RFC 1374] IP and ARP on HIPPI.
References: