mac address question

swabbies

hostA--->router1<

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>router2

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>hostB



hello,
I am confused about the following scenario.

If hostA accesses resources on hostB what will show up in the arp table and mac-address table on hostb?

will it have records for the mac & ip address of hostA, or the mac & ip address of router1?

thanks for your help.

Rearden

I just asked a very similar question here:

http://www.techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18816


excerpt from that thread:

Originally posted by dissolved

client PC (10.10.1.2 aa:aa:aa)
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client gateway (10.10.1.1 bb:bb:bb)
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webserver gateway (192.168.1.1 cc:cc:cc:)
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webserver (192.168.1.2 dd:dd:dd:)


When the client sends the packet, the source IP will be 10.10.1.2 and the source MAC will be aa:aa:aa

The destination IP will be 192.168.1.2 and the destination MAC will be bb:bb:bb


When the packet reaches the webserver, it will have a source IP of 10.10.1.2 and a source MAC address of cc:cc:cc:

The destination IP will be 192.168.1.2 and the destination MAC address will be dd:dd:dd


Everytime a packet crosses a layer 3 device, it is re-framed

swabbies

rearden,
Thanks very much for the link. Sorry I didn't dig a bit further before posting.

Paul Boz

I just explained the whole process in further detail in that thread, if you want to give it a look.