Question

Workstation2 needs to send data to Workstation3. It sends out an ARP request for the address of the default gateway. Which of the following are true of this request? (Select 2)

a. It is a broadcast request.
b. It contains the MAC address of Workstation3.
c. It contains the IP address of the default gateway.
d. It is a unicast request.

Answer 1

When Workstation2 sends an ARP request to find the default gateway's address, it broadcasts the request to all devices on the network segment and includes the IP address of the default gateway. The request is not a unicast and does not contain the MAC address of Workstation3.

Step-by-step explanation:

The subject in question is networking, specifically related to the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP). When Workstation2 needs to send data to Workstation3 and decides to send an ARP request to find the address of the default gateway, the following statements are true:

• It is a broadcast request. ARP requests for an unknown MAC address are sent to all devices in a local network segment.
• It contains the IP address of the default gateway. The ARP request is querying to find the MAC address that corresponds to the default gateway's known IP address.

Thus, option a and option c are correct. Option b is incorrect because the ARP request does not contain the MAC address of Workstation3, it is looking for the MAC address of the default gateway. Lastly, option d is incorrect because the ARP request is a broadcast, not a unicast.