COMPUTER NETWORKING

TRANSPORT LAYER

TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL TCP

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ is responsible for converting the higher level protocol address (IP addresses) to physical network addresses.
A
Internet Protocol(IP)
B
Internet Control Message Protocol(ICMP)
C
Address Resolution Protocol(ARP)
D
Bootstrap Protocol(BOOTP)
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) does this job.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is responsible for the resolution of the Internet layer address to the Network Interface layer address such as a hardware address.

Detailed explanation-3: -The logical address is generated by the CPU while the program is running whereas the physical address is computed by the Memory Management Unit (MMU).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) maintains the ARP cache. This is a table that maps IP addresses to Media Access Control (MAC) or physical addresses of computers on the network.

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