You work in the headquarters of a large pharmaceutical compa

You work in the headquarters of a large pharmaceutical company based in Atlanta, Georgia. A technician in your Portland, Oregon, office sent you a trace file for review. The technician states that she captured the communications from an IP host that cannot connect to anyone on the other side of the local router. The problematic IP host can communicate with all the local systems without any problems. What process might be problematic here? What should you look for in the trace file?

Solution

Solution:

The problematic IP host must be facing the issue of route resolution. The trace file that is sent must be looked for the ARP request sent by the IP host as it has initiated the communication by broadcasting this request. Through it, the MAC address and IP address of the sender and receiver, both could be searched.