.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