Assignment 5
Assignment 5
2. Why does the PC send out a broadcast ARP prior to sending the first ping request?
Answer: The address starts at a default value and the ARP is necessary to obtain the Mac address of t
destination in order to transmit.
15. In the first echo (ping) request frame, what are the source and destination MAC addresses?
Source: 84:2b:2b:9f:f8:a1
Destination: 00:00:0c:07:ac:0f
16. What are the source and destination IP addresses contained in the data field of the frame?
Source: 10.48.158.37
Destination: 23.200.16.170
17. Compare these addresses to the addresses you received in Step 7. The only address that
changed is the destination IP address. Why has the destination IP address changed, while the
destination MAC address remained the same?
Answer: Because the Mac address is only relevant port local networks, and the Mac address shown
is the address of the router that is in charge of communications to the outer network, so despite
connecting addresses in any other part the Mac address will always remain the same
18. Wireshark does not display the preamble field of a frame header. What does the preamble
contain?
Answer: define a specific series of transmission criteria that is understood to mean "someone is about
to transmit data".