Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

 

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a telecommunications or TCP/IP network protocol used for resolution of network layer addresses (IP address) into Data link layer addresses ( MAC Address).

The Address Resolution Protocol uses a simple message format that contains one address resolution request or response. The size of the ARP message depends on the upper layer and lower layer address sizes, which are given by the type of networking protocol (usually IPv4).

The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is very crucial for TCP/IP network communication. If you begin to notice network connectivity problems such as particular web pages not loading or not being able to ping certain IP addresses then clearing your ARP cache is a good place to start.

The TCP/IP ARP Command component provides the functionality to add, delete, or display the IP address for Media Access Control (MAC) address translation.

Structure of ARP packet :

The principal packet structure of ARP packets is shown in the following table which illustrates the case of IPv4 networks running on Ethernet. In this scenario, the packet has 48-bit fields for the sender hardware address (SHA) and target hardware address (THA), and 32-bit fields for the corresponding sender and target protocol addresses (SPA and TPA). Thus, the ARP packet size in this case is 28 bytes.

Internet Protocol (IPv4) over Ethernet ARP packet
bit offset	0 – 7								8 – 15
0	Hardware type (HTYPE)
16	Protocol type (PTYPE)
32	Hardware address length (HLEN)								Protocol address length (PLEN)
48	Operation (OPER)
64	Sender hardware address (SHA) (first 16 bits)
80	(next 16 bits)
96	(last 16 bits)
112	Sender protocol address (SPA) (first 16 bits)
128	(last 16 bits)
144	Target hardware address (THA) (first 16 bits)
160	(next 16 bits)
176	(last 16 bits)
192	Target protocol address (TPA) (first 16 bits)
208	(last 16 bits)

 

For example,

the computers Pune and Delhi are in an office, connected to each other on the office local area network by Ethernet cables and network switches, with no intervening gateways or routers. Pune wants to send a packet to delhi. Through other means, it determines that delhi’s IP address is 192.168.0.55. In order to send the message, it also needs to know Washington’s MAC address. First, Pune uses a cached ARP table to look up 192.168.0.55 for any existing records of Delhi’s MAC address (00:eb:24:b2:05:ac). If the MAC address is found, it sends the IP packet on the link layer to address 00:eb:24:b2:05:ac via the local network cabling. If the cache did not produce a result for 192.168.0.55, Matterhorn has to send a broadcast ARP message (destination FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF) requesting an answer for 192.168.0.55. Delhi responds with its MAC address (00:eb:24:b2:05:ac). Delhi may insert an entry for pune into its own ARP table for future use. The response information is cached in pune’s ARP table and the message can now be sent.

 

To flush/Delete the ARP cache in windows 7/Vista/XP/2000/Server 2003/2008 follow this procedure

Click on Start—>Run—> type the following command click OK

>netsh interface ip delete arpcache

 

Note : Dynamic ARP cache entries update persist for 2-20 minutes depending on the system.

Windows 2003 Server = 10 minutes

Windows 2000 professional/Server = 10 minutes

Windows XP = 2 minutes

Solaris = 5 minutes

Note: In Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) networks, the functionality of ARP is provided by the Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP).

 

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How to Flush DNS in Window and Linux ?

 

Maximum number of DNS clients store the results of all name requests in the cache. While browsing it is a common practice for multiple lookups to be done for the same address and this helps speed up name resolution. In case a bad DNS entry is cached, then one needs to either wait for 24hrs till it is automatically dropped from the cache or you need to flush the DNS.

Flushing DNS in Windows :

The command “ipconfig/flushdns” can be used in Windows for flushing of DNS resolver cache:

GO START -> Click on Run -> type CMD -> You get Command prompt then type following command and press Enter.

C:>ipconfig/flushdns

This will Successfully flushed the DNS resolver cache.

You can also turn off DNS caching in Windows :

DNS caching can be disabled, in case frequent issues are experienced with it, by using one of the following commands,

> ” Sc servername stop dnscache “

> ” Net stop dnscache “

DNS caching will be disabled, until the next reboot, by this command. The service tool or the service controller tool can be used to make this change permanent by setting the DNS client service startup to disabled.

Flushing DNS in Linux : 

The DNS cache is managed by the nscd deamon in Linux.

The nscd deamon needs to be restarted in order to flush the DNS cache.

The command  ” /etc/init.d/nscd restart ”  is used for restarting the nscd deamon.

Go to Terminal and type Following Command and Press Enter.

This will Successfully flushed the DNS resolver cache.

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How to Search Your Internet Browsing Habits by IP Address

 

Your Internet protocol address is the address that is assigned to your computer when it accesses the Internet. Generally, this address is used on a region-to-region basis.When you browse the Internet, whatever program you use keeps track of a browsing history. This is done so that you can easily find any Web pages you’ve recently visited. To access the browsing history of an IP address, you’ll need to be able to access the computer from which the browsing was done. Then Follow this Steps:

1. Open the Web browsing program, ( If the computer has more than one Web browsing program, you’ll need to check each one individually because the programs do not share history files with one another) According to me Common Web browsing programs Today are Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google   and  Safari.

2. Hold the “Control” key and press “H.” (This shortcut will display the history).display one window left Side.

3. Use your mouse to navigate through the history. You will see headings that say “Today,” “Last 7 Days” and “Last Month.” Each of these corresponds to the titled time period. Beside each history file there is a time, which tells you when exactly the Internet page was accessed.

 This is very useful to all.