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Network stations using the IP protocol need both a physical address and an IP address to transmit a packet. In situations where the station knows only the network host's IP address, the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) enables the network station to determine a network host's physical address by binding a 32-bit IP address to a 48-bit MAC address.

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