What property of ARP causes the NICs receiving an ARP request to pass the data portion of the Ethernet frame to the ARP process?
- The type field 0x806 appears in the header of the Ethernet frame.
- The destination MAC address FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF appears in the header of the Ethernet frame.
- Entries in an ARP table are time-stamped and are purged after the timeout expires.
- ARP replies are broadcast on the network when a host receives an ARP request.
| Explanation & Hint:
The property of ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) that causes the NICs receiving an ARP request to pass the data portion of the Ethernet frame to the ARP process is: “The type field 0x806 appears in the header of the Ethernet frame.” |