Address resolution algorithms may be grouped into three basic types:

• Table lookup
• Closed-form computation
• Message Exchange

1. TABLE LOOKUP:

In Table Lookup, mapping or binding is stored in a table in storage, which the software searches when it requires to resolve an address.

2. CLOSED-FORM COMPUTATION:

In Closed-form calculation, the protocol address given to a computer is selected carefully so that computer's hardware address may be calculated from the protocol address using basic arithmetic and Boolean operations.

3. MESSAGE EXCHANGE:

Computers interchange messages across a network to give an address. One computer transmit a message that requests an address binding (translation) and another computer transmit a reply that has the requested information.