A network administrator detects that a Windows workstation is unable to reach other systems within the same segment. Which method should be used to confirm if the workstation's network address correctly correlates to its hardware address?
Checking the complete network configuration with ifconfig
Viewing the ARP cache with the arp -a command
Examining the routing table on the router using show ip route
Use shutdown /clear /force to restart the device and wipe any cached network information
The ARP cache shows the mapping between IP addresses and MAC addresses, making it the correct method to verify if a workstation's IP address correctly correlates to its hardware address. The command arp -a specifically displays these mappings.
Using shutdown /clear /force would restart the device but doesn't provide the IP-to-MAC correlation.
Examining the routing table with show ip route only shows paths between networks, not the local IP-to-MAC relationships.
ifconfig (or ipconfig on Windows) only shows local interface settings, but not the IP-to-MAC mappings needed to verify the ARP relationship.
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