Summary

In this lab we reviewed the arp protocol. After clearing the arp cache when we pinged an ip address an arp protocol would appear in wireshark. We used the information given in wireshark to tell what the MAC address of the destination and and sender of the packet.

How to open an Admin Command Prompt

To open the administrator command prompt search cmd then right click and open as administrator

How to clear the ARP cache

A user can clear the arp cache by using the command ">netsh interface ip delete arpcache"

How can you filter a packet capture in Wireshark to view just ARP packets?

A user can filter different protocols in wireshark by using the filter tool. after clicking in the search bar type arp.

Any other Wireshark info that is useful

Whenever an IP address is pinged that is outside of the network the arp will go to the default gateway.

Any issues you ran into and how they were resolved

No issues were encountered