H/W
Protocol
H/W
type
type
address
length
When PC B replies to the query, "Destination Address" in the Ethernet frame it will change to PC A's MAC address. The "Source
Address" will be changed to PC B's MAC address (see Table-4).
Destination address
00-20-5C-01-11-11
The switch will also examine the "Source Address" of the Ethernet frame and if it finds that the address is not in the Forwarding
Table, the switch will learn PC B's MAC and update its Forwarding Table.
Protocol
Operation
address
length
ARP reply
Table – 3 (ARP Payload)
Source address
Ether-type
00-20-5C-01-22-22
Table – 4 (Ethernet frame format)
Sender
Sender
protocol
H/W address
address
10.10.10.1
00-20-5C-01-11-11
ARP
Target
Target
protocol
H/W address
address
10.10.10.2
00-20-5C-01-22-22
FCS