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Reverse Address Resolution and the TCP/IP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP) (Page 3 of 4) RARP General Operation Here are the steps followed in a RARP transaction (illustrated in Figure 53):
It is possible that more than one RARP server may respond to any request, if two or more are configured on any local network. The source device will typically use the first reply and discard the others.
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