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why does "show arp" on my Juniper EX3400 return empty?

JunOS version is 20.2R3.9. For instance: root@CLEANROOM-IDF-D8> show arp interface ge-0/0/4.0 {master:0} root@CLEANROOM-IDF-D8> ...what gives? There is a device on that port and it's working, ...
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ARP and MAC address table

i know that this might be a little academic, but i was wondering. let's assume we have an empty ARP table, and empty MAC Table. let's assume PC A want to send a packet to PC B. is the broadcast frame ...
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IP datagram route through a network utilizing ARP

Suppose I want to send an IP datagram from node D to node C . Each step I also want to list the MAC addresses of the source and the destination , as well as the source and the destination of the IP ...
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MAC flooding for new host in L2 domain [duplicate]

This hypothetical network has one dumb L2 switch and two hosts A and B connected to it. CAM table entries on the switch are all populated and both hosts have ARP entries for each other. Now if a ...
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Why the ARP packet contains values like "Physical Address length" etc?

From what i know,MAC addresses are made of 48 bits,while IPv4 addresses are 32 bits Why are there these header fields? Are there MAC addresses with more or less 48 bits?
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To what address does ARP reply in the presence of MAC masquerading

The ARP packet has a duplicate of the sender/destination hardware address. Theoretically, you could have a case where a device sent Layer2: From AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF To FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF Layer3: ARP ...
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Sending packet through LAN cable to another PC having ip of another network

What happens if, say PC A(192.168.2.2) tries to send a packet to PC B(10.0.2.3) connected through LAN(only 2 computers are connected in this case PC A and PC B) as there is no router or a switch ...
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Cisco Asr1001 not able to receive 2048 macs (arps) in a sub-interface

I´m Brasilian, so excuse me any gramar error. I have a cisco router ASR1001 (IOS XE Version: 03.08.01.S) and I need to connect it to a service provider running BGP ipv4. This service provider gave me ...
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Why do we have to connect through a default gateway in a LAN?

I'm a beginner in networking and I'm looking for answers for these questions: Why do we have to connect through a default gateway when we are connected to a LAN and want to connect to another devices ...
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Switches - help me to understand please

If a PC wants to send to another PC through a switch and does not know its MAC address, that means all PCs on network will receive it and see it!! If we change the NIC for a PC in the network, how ...
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when will an arp table be updated

Will a device's arp table be updated only upon receiving a reply from a previously sent out arp request, or will it be updated if the device receives a frame/packet ? e.g. A send a arp request to B B ...
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