Suppose that in an IP-over-Ethernet network, a machine X wis

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Suppose that in an IP-over-Ethernet network, a machine X wishes to find the MAC address of another machine Y in its subnet. Which one of the following techniques can be used for this?

[GATE CS 2019]

A X sends an ARP request packet to the local gateway’s IP address which then finds the MAC address of Y and sends to X

B X sends an ARP request packet to the local gateway’s MAC address which then finds the MAC address of Y and sends to X

C X sends an ARP request packet with broadcast MAC address in its local subnet

D X sends an ARP request packet with broadcast IP address in its local subnet