ARP

Short for Address Resolution Protocol, ARP is a protocol used with the IP protocol for mapping a 32-bit Internet Protocol address to a MAC address that is recognized in the local network specified in RFC 826. Once recognized, the server or networking device returns a response containing the required address.

• Additional information about the MS-DOS ARP command can be found on our MS-DOS ARP command page.
• See our Linux / Unix arp command page for additional information about this systems command.

Also see: Network definitions, Protocol, RARP