1 .TH IP\-NTABLE 8 "20 Dec 2011" "iproute2" "Linux"
3 ip-ntable - neighbour table configuration
12 .RI " { " COMMAND " | "
17 .BR "ip ntable change name"
35 .IR MSEC " | " "gc_stale MSEC " " | "
37 .IR MSEC " | " "queue LEN " " | "
41 .IR VAL " | " "mcast_probes VAL " " | "
45 .IR MSEC " | " "proxy_queue LEN " " | "
50 .BR "ip ntable show" " [ "
58 controls the parameters for the neighbour tables.
60 .SS ip ntable show - list the ip neighbour tables
62 This commands displays neighbour table parameters and statistics.
66 only list the table attached to this device.
70 only lists the table with the given name.
72 .SS ip ntable change - modify table parameter
74 This command allows modifying table parameters such as timers and queue lengths.
77 the name of the table to modify.
81 the name of the device to modify the table values.
85 ip ntable show dev eth0
87 Shows the neighbour table (IPv4 ARP and IPv6 ndisc) parameters on device eth0.
90 ip ntable change name arp_cache queue 8 dev eth0
92 Changes the number of packets queued while address is being resolved from the
93 default value (3) to 8 packets.
101 Manpage by Stephen Hemminger