This Homework Is Due By 11:59 PM on Thursday February 25, 2021

  1. Given that a frame is formatted as follows:

    Frame Header

    And given that an IP datagram is formatted as follows:

    IP Header

    And given the following frame with an encapsulated IP datagram:

    HW2 IP Frame

    1. Find the source hardware address.
    2. Find the destination hardware address.
    3. What type of frame is this?
    4. What is the Identification?
    5. What is the Total Length?
    6. What is the Type of Service?
    7. What are the fragmentation flags?
    8. What is the fragment offset?
    9. What is the TTL count?
    10. What is the Header Checksum?
    11. If the header includes no options or padding, what are the first five bytes of the datagram data?
    12. Find the destination IP address.
    13. What class is the destination IP address?
    14. What is the network ID in the destination address?
    15. What is the host ID in the destination address?
    16. Write the destination IP address in dotted decimal notation.
    17. Find the source IP address.
    18. What class is the source IP address?
    19. What is the network ID in the source address?
    20. What is the host ID in the source address?
    21. Write the source IP address in dotted decimal notation.
    22. Can this message be delivered directly by the source to the destination, or will it require routers to handle the message.
    		The answers to these questions must be entered in Homework 3 (Numerical Questions)

  2. Explain how the ARP Protocol works. What problem does it solve? How does it solve the problem? Give examples and be as specific as possible.
    		3. The answers to these questions must be submitted in Homework 3 (Essay Questions) as a single typed Microsoft Word file (.doc or .docx). No other forms of submission will be accepted.