Q. 38 Suppose that in an IP-over-Ethernet network, a machine X wishes to find the MAC address of another machine Y in its subnet. Which one of the following techniques can be used for this?
(A) X sends an ARP request packet with broadcast IP address in its local subnet
(B) X sends an ARP request packet to the local gateway’s MAC address which then finds the MAC address of Y and sends to X
(C) X sends an ARP request packet with broadcast MAC address in its local subnet
(D) X sends an ARP request packet to the local gateway’s IP address which then finds the MAC address of Y and sends to X
Answer: (C)
Explanation:
