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.\" of the modification is added to the header.
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.\" Modified June 1999 Andi Kleen
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.\" $Id: arp.7,v 1.10 2000/04/27 19:31:38 ak Exp $
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.TH ARP 7 2008-11-20 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.TH ARP 7 2008-11-25 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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arp \- Linux ARP kernel module.
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Unless otherwise specified, time-related interfaces are specified
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in seconds.
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.TP
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.I anycast_delay
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.IR anycast_delay " (since Linux 2.2)"
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.\" Precisely: 2.1.79
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The maximum number of jiffies to delay before replying to a
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IPv6 neighbor solicitation message.
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Anycast support is not yet implemented.
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Defaults to 1 second.
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.TP
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.I app_solicit
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.IR app_solicit " (since Linux 2.2)"
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.\" Precisely: 2.1.79
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The maximum number of probes to send to the user space ARP daemon via
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netlink before dropping back to multicast probes (see
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.IR mcast_solicit ).
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Defaults to 0.
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.TP
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.I base_reachable_time
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.IR base_reachable_time " (since Linux 2.2)"
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.\" Precisely: 2.1.79
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Once a neighbor has been found, the entry is considered to be valid
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for at least a random value between
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.IR base_reachable_time "/2 and 3*" base_reachable_time /2.
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from higher level protocols.
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Defaults to 30 seconds.
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.TP
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.I delay_first_probe_time
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.IR delay_first_probe_time " (since Linux 2.2)"
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.\" Precisely: 2.1.79
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Delay before first probe after it has been decided that a neighbor
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is stale.
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Defaults to 5 seconds.
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.TP
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.I gc_interval
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.IR gc_interval " (since Linux 2.2)"
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.\" Precisely: 2.1.79
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How frequently the garbage collector for neighbor entries
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should attempt to run.
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Defaults to 30 seconds.
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.TP
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.I gc_stale_time
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.IR gc_stale_time " (since Linux 2.2)"
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.\" Precisely: 2.1.79
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Determines how often to check for stale neighbor entries.
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When a neighbor entry is considered stale, it is resolved again before
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sending data to it.
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Defaults to 60 seconds.
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.TP
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.I gc_thresh1
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.IR gc_thresh1 " (since Linux 2.2)"
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.\" Precisely: 2.1.79
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The minimum number of entries to keep in the ARP cache.
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The garbage collector will not run if there are fewer than
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this number of entries in the cache.
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Defaults to 128.
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.TP
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.I gc_thresh2
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.IR gc_thresh2 " (since Linux 2.2)"
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.\" Precisely: 2.1.79
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The soft maximum number of entries to keep in the ARP cache.
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The garbage collector will allow the number of entries to exceed
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this for 5 seconds before collection will be performed.
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Defaults to 512.
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.TP
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.I gc_thresh3
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.IR gc_thresh3 " (since Linux 2.2)"
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.\" Precisely: 2.1.79
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The hard maximum number of entries to keep in the ARP cache.
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The garbage collector will always run if there are more than
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this number of entries in the cache.
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Defaults to 1024.
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.TP
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.I locktime
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.IR locktime " (since Linux 2.2)"
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.\" Precisely: 2.1.79
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The minimum number of jiffies to keep an ARP entry in the cache.
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This prevents ARP cache thrashing if there is more than one potential
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mapping (generally due to network misconfiguration).
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Defaults to 1 second.
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.TP
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.I mcast_solicit
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.IR mcast_solicit " (since Linux 2.2)"
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.\" Precisely: 2.1.79
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The maximum number of attempts to resolve an address by
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multicast/broadcast before marking the entry as unreachable.
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Defaults to 3.
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.TP
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.I proxy_delay
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.IR proxy_delay " (since Linux 2.2)"
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.\" Precisely: 2.1.79
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When an ARP request for a known proxy-ARP address is received, delay up to
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.I proxy_delay
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jiffies before replying.
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This is used to prevent network flooding in some cases.
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Defaults to 0.8 seconds.
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.TP
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.I proxy_qlen
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.IR proxy_qlen " (since Linux 2.2)"
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.\" Precisely: 2.1.79
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The maximum number of packets which may be queued to proxy-ARP addresses.
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Defaults to 64.
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.TP
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.I retrans_time
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.IR retrans_time " (since Linux 2.2)"
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.\" Precisely: 2.1.79
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The number of jiffies to delay before retransmitting a request.
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Defaults to 1 second.
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.TP
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.I ucast_solicit
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.IR ucast_solicit " (since Linux 2.2)"
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.\" Precisely: 2.1.79
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The maximum number of attempts to send unicast probes before asking
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the ARP daemon (see
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.IR app_solicit ).
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Defaults to 3.
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.TP
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.I unres_qlen
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.IR unres_qlen " (since Linux 2.2)"
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.\" Precisely: 2.1.79
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The maximum number of packets which may be queued for each unresolved
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address by other network layers.
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Defaults to 3.
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