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Reverse address resolution protocol

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Reverse address resolution protocol (RARP) is a protocol used to resolve an IP address from a given hardware address (such as an Ethernet address).

RARP is the dual of ARP. See also DHCP and BOOTP.

RARP is described in RFC 903

External links:

RFC-903 - http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0903.txt?number=903

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