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  Special ARP Uses: Gratuitous ARP, ARP Probe, and ARP Announce

In an Ethernet environment, all data is ultimately sent in the form of a Layer 2 Ethernet Frame, which includes the Src MAC, Dst MAC, and other headers such as CRC, etc. Ethernet will then deliver the data to the destination.When we program, we often specify the IP and Port, but rarely specify the MAC address. So, how is the Frame sent out? This is done by the operating system. If the system does not know the MAC address corresponding to an IP, it will send a broadcast ARP request (since this request also needs to be sent over Ethernet, it will also fill in the Dst MAC, which is ff:ff:ff:ff:ff...

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