Title
SmartARP: merging IP and MAC addressing for low-cost gigabit Ethernet networks
Abstract
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
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
Andris Sidorovs100.34
Guntis Barzdins212118.62
Janis Lacis300.34
Karlis Ogsts400.34