summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/man/man8/ip-ntable.8
blob: 4f0f2e548a21e3f1776a95f2f4bff651df868cd0 (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
.TH IP\-NTABLE 8 "20 Dec 2011" "iproute2" "Linux"
.SH "NAME"
ip-ntable - neighbour table configuration
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.ad l
.in +8
.ti -8
.B ip
.RI "[ " OPTIONS " ]"
.B ntable
.RI " { " COMMAND " | "
.BR help " }"
.sp

.ti -8
.BR "ip ntable change name"
.IR NAME " [ "
.B dev
.IR DEV " ] ["
.B thresh1
.IR VAL " ] ["
.B thresh2
.IR VAL " ] ["
.B thresh3
.IR VAL " ] ["
.B gc_int
.IR MSEC " ] ["
.B base_reachable
.IR MSEC " ] ["
.B retrans
.IR MSEC " ] ["
.B gc_stale
.IR MSEC " ] ["
.B delay_probe
.IR MSEC " ] ["
.B queue
.IR LEN " ] ["
.B app_probs
.IR VAL " ] ["
.B ucast_probes
.IR VAL " ] ["
.B mcast_probes
.IR VAL " ] ["
.B anycast_delay
.IR MSEC " ] ["
.B proxy_delay
.IR MSEC " ] ["
.B proxy_queue
.IR LEN " ] ["
.B locktime
.IR MSEC " ]"

.ti -8
.BR "ip ntable show" " [ "
.B dev
.IR DEV " ] [ "
.B name
.IR NAME " ]"

.SH DESCRIPTION
.I ip ntable
controls the parameters for the neighbour tables.

.SS ip ntable show - list the ip neighbour tables

This commands displays neighbour table parameters and statistics.

.TP
.BI dev " DEV"
only list the table attached to this device.

.TP
.BI name " NAME"
only lists the table with the given name.

.SS ip ntable change - modify table parameter

This command allows modifying table parameters such as timers and queue lengths.
.TP
.BI name " NAME"
the name of the table to modify.

.TP
.BI dev " DEV"
the name of the device to modify the table values.

.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
ip ntable show dev eth0
.RS 4
Shows the neighbour table (IPv4 ARP and IPv6 ndisc) parameters on device eth0.
.RE
.PP
ip ntable change name arp_cache queue 8 dev eth0
.RS 4
Changes the number of packets queued while address is being resolved from the
default value (3) to 8 packets.
.RE

.SH SEE ALSO
.br
.BR ip (8)

.SH AUTHOR
Manpage by Stephen Hemminger