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2021-01-09 17:04:10 +0000 commented answer How does ARP know the ip adress of where it needs to look?

Thanks very much for your answer, that makes sense to me now and has saved me many hours of endless searching

2021-01-09 17:01:38 +0000 marked best answer How does ARP know the ip adress of where it needs to look?

Hi, I'm only a beginner and ARP is a little confusing, I understand a bit about how ARP works, but I'm very confused how ARP knows what IP address it needs to look for? Especially if the ARP cache is empty? If 1 person wants to send a file to another computer on the same network it needs the MAC and i don't understand how it knows what IP address it needs to ask for the MAC? i hope this makes sense and someone can help.

Many thanks

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How does ARP know the ip adress of where it needs to look? Hi, I'm only a beginner and ARP is a little confusing, I unde