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ARP: Address Resolution Protocol Surasak Sanguanpong nguan@ku.ac.th cpe.ku.ac.th/~nguan

ARP: Address Resolution Protocol Surasak Sanguanpong nguan@ku.ac.th http://www.cpe.ku.ac.th/~nguan Last updated: May 24, 1999. Agenda. Why need ARP? ARP functionality Proxy ARP RARP. IP and MAC address. Stations need to know MAC address to communicate Hardware MAC address

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ARP: Address Resolution Protocol Surasak Sanguanpong nguan@ku.ac.th cpe.ku.ac.th/~nguan

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  1. ARP: Address Resolution Protocol Surasak Sanguanpong nguan@ku.ac.th http://www.cpe.ku.ac.th/~nguan Last updated: May 24, 1999

  2. Agenda • Why need ARP? • ARP functionality • Proxy ARP • RARP

  3. IP and MAC address • Stations need to know MAC address to communicate • Hardware MAC address • Ethernet 6 bytes • Token ring 2 or 6 bytes • FDDI 2 or 6 bytes • HOW DOES IP ADDRESS GET MAPPED TO MAC ADDRESS? • manual configuration by hand is tedious • automatic process by ARP

  4. ARP protocol • RFC 826 - Address Resolution Protocol • ARP maps any network level address (such as IP) to its corresponding data link address (such as Ethernet) • supported protocol in datalink layers, not data link layer protocol

  5. ARP in operation • Host X want to resolve MAC address of Z • X sends broadcast ARP request • X gets unicast ARP reply from Z 158.108.2.4 158.108.2.2 158.108.2.3 X Y Z no, not me! who has IP 158.108.2.4? me! with 0:0:e8:15:c0:1

  6. ARP as a command line entry in ARP table % arp -a www.cpe.ku.ac.th (158.108.33.5) at 0:0:e8:15:cc:c % telnet cc : % arp -a router.cpe.ku.ac.th (158.108.33.1) at 0:0:c:6:13:4a cc.cpe.ku.ac.th (158.108.33.2) at 2:60:8c:2e:b5:8b www.cpe.ku.ac.th (158.108.33.5) at 0:0:e8:15:cc:c more entries added

  7. Hardware type:16 Protocol type:16 hlen:8 plen:8 ARP Operation:16 Sender MAC addr (bytes 0-3) sender MAC addr (bytes 4-5) sender IP addr (bytes 0-1) sender IP addr (bytes 2-3) dest MAC addr (bytes 0-1) dest MAC addr (bytes 2-5) dest IP addr (bytes 0-3) ARP datagrams datalink frame frame hdr ARP/RARP message 0 15 16 31

  8. Header details • hardware type : Ethernet=1 ARCNET=7, localtalk=11 • protocol type : IP=0x800 • hlen : length of hardware address, Ethernet=6 bytes • plen : length of protocol address, IP=4 bytes • ARP operation : ARP request = 1, ARP reply = 2 RARP request = 3, RARP reply = 4

  9. FF:FF:FF:FF:FF 02:60:8c:2e:b5:8b 0x0806 0x01 0x800 0x001 0x04 0x06 02:60:8c:2e:b5:8b 158.108.33.2 00:00:00:00:00:00 158.108.33.5 checksum ARP request packet IP:158.108.33.5 MAC: ?? IP:158.108.33.2 MAC:02:60:8c:2e:b5:8b Sample ARP request Ethernet packet dest MAC (broadcast) source MAC ARP frame type Ethernet / IP MAC=6/ IP=4 /request source MAC source IP dest MAC (unknown) dest IP Ethernet checksum

  10. 02:60:8c:2e:b5:8b 00:00:e8:15:cc:0c 0x0806 0x01 0x800 0x002 0x04 0x06 00:00:e8:15:cc:0c 158.108.33.5 02:60:8c:2e:b5:8b 158.108.33.2 checksum ARP reply packet IP: 158.108.33.2 MAC: 02:60:8c:2e:b5:8b IP: 158.108.33.5 MAC: 00:00:e8:15:cc:0c Sample ARP reply Ethernet packet dest MAC (unicast) source MAC ARP frame type Ethernet / IP MAC=6/ IP=4 /reply source MAC source IP dest MAC dest IP Ethernet checksum

  11. ARP mechanisms • Each node maintains the ARP cache • it first looks in the cache to find entry first • if the entry is not used for a period (~15 minutes), it is deleted. • Receive node can adds an MAC addr entry for source station in its own cache. • ARP traffic load • hosts quickly add cache entries. • If all hosts on a subnet are booted at the same time? => flurry of ARP requests and reply.

  12. Proxy ARP • One node answers ARP request for another: Router R answers for Y IP:158.108.40.1 MAC: 00:00:e8:15:cb:0c IP: 158.108.33.2 MAC: 02:60:8c:2e:b5:8b IP:158.108.33.1 MAC: 00:00:0c:06:13:4a X Y X to Y request R R send 158.108.40.1 with 00:00:0c:06:13:4a • Useful when some nodes on a network cannot support subnet • X do not understand subnet, so it thinks that Y is on the same subnet • Router must be configured to be a proxy ARP

  13. RARP • Reverse ARP : map MAC addr to IP addr • For device that can not store IP, usually diskless workstations • Need to setup server wit RARP table • Use the same frame format • 0x0835 for Ethernet RARP request • operation 0x003 = RARP request 0x004 = RARP reply • RARP can not operate across router, BOOTP is more spread

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