Abstract | ||
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Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is one of the key TCP/IP stack protocols, used on LANs to map 32 bit IP addresses into 48 bit hardware addresses. Regular ARP uses MAC layer broadcasts to perform the mapping. In this paper a new server-based ARP extension (smartARP) is proposed, which allows the extension of ARP functionality beyond a single MAC layer broadcast domain. Compared to regular IP router, smartARP together with simple broadcast-filtering switches presents a low-cost alternative for forwarding packets between MAC layer broadcast domains. SmartARP is transparent to existing IP hosts, operates independent of LAN speed, and scales for big networks. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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1999 | 10.1016/S1389-1286(99)00095-X | Computer Networks |
Keywords | DocType | Volume |
Address Resolution Protocol,VLAN,Ethernet,Gigabit routing | Journal | 31 |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
21 | Computer Networks | 0 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.34 | 0 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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Andris Sidorovs | 1 | 0 | 0.34 |
Guntis Barzdins | 2 | 121 | 18.62 |
Janis Lacis | 3 | 0 | 0.34 |
Karlis Ogsts | 4 | 0 | 0.34 |