LAN Addresses and ARP

32-bit IP address:

• network-layer address

• used to get datagram to destination network (recall IP network definition)

LAN (or MAC or physical) address:

• used to get datagram from one interface to another physically-connected interface (same network)

• 48 bit MAC address (for most LANs) burned in the adapter ROM

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