A protocol, defined in RFC 903, which provides the reverse function of ARP. RARP maps a hardware (MAC) address to an internet address. It is used primarily by diskless nodes when they first initialize to find their internet address. See also: Address Resolution Protocol, BOOTP, internet address, MAC address.
(RARP) A TCP/IP protocol governing the translation of a DLC (Data-Link Control) address to an IP (Internet Protocol) address.
TCP/IP protocol for finding IP addresses based on MAC addresses. See also ARP.
A TCP/IP protocol for determining the IP address (or logical address) of a node on a local area network connected to the Internet, when only the hardware address (or physical address) is known. Although the acronym RARP refers only to finding the IP address, and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) technically refers to the opposite procedure, the acronym ARP is commonly used to describe both procedures.
he TCP/IP protocol a diskless machine uses at startup to find its IP address.
A protocol used by a host to obtain an IP address based on the address of the host’s adapter card. This protocol is typically used when IP addresses are scarce.
RARP) A protocol for a physical machine in a local area network can request to learn its IP address from a gateway server's Address Resolution Protocol ( ARP) table or cache.
RARP does the opposite of the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP). When a device knows its own MAC address but not its IP number, it broadcasts to the LAN a message that says, "Here is my MAC address; tell me my IP address if you know it."
(RARP) RARP is the protocol that maps MAC addresses to IP addresses - see also Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
A TCP/IP protocol that enables a device to acquire its IP address by performing a broadcast on the network.
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP) is a network layer protocol used to resolve an IP address from a given hardware address (such as an Ethernet address). It has been rendered obsolete by BOOTP and the more modern DHCP, which both support a much greater feature set than RARP.
