NARP, NBMA Address Resolution Protocol

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Description:

Protocol suite: TCP/IP.
Type:Transport layer protocol.
IP protocol:54.
Working groups: rolc, Routing over Large Clouds.

MAC header IP header NARP header Data :::

NARP header:

0001020304050607 0809101112131415 1617181920212223 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Version Hop count Checksum
Type Code reserved
Destination IP address
Source IP address
Length NBMA address :::

Version. 8 bits.
NARP version number. Always set to 1.

Hop count. 8 bits.
Indicates the maximum number of NASs that a request or reply is allowed to traverse before being discarded.

Checksum. 16 bits.
The standard IP checksum over the entire NARP packet starting with the fixed header.

Type. 8 bits.
NARP packet type.

TypeDescription
1Request.
2Reply.

Code. 8 bits.

Request codes:

CodeDescription
1NARP Request.
2NARP Request for Authoritative Information.

Reply codes:

CodeDescription
1Positive, Non-authoritative Reply.
2Positive, Authoritative Reply.
3Negative, Non-authoritative Reply.
4Negative, Authoritative Reply.

reserved. 16 bits.

Destination IP address. 32 bits.

Source IP address. 32 bits.

Length. 8 bits.


Glossary:

NAS, NBMA ARP Server.


RFCs:

[RFC 1735] NBMA Address Resolution Protocol (NARP).


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