From: Yu Watanabe Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 01:52:54 +0000 (+0900) Subject: man: ARP=no also disables IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol X-Git-Tag: v257-rc1~556 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8d78191a460323ff5bfb7fc8e474948dd7686977;p=thirdparty%2Fsystemd.git man: ARP=no also disables IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol Addresses https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/18063#issuecomment-2323410288. --- diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml index 89484c449f3..e743e6d2a02 100644 --- a/man/systemd.network.xml +++ b/man/systemd.network.xml @@ -188,8 +188,9 @@ ARP= - Takes a boolean. If set to true, the ARP (low-level Address Resolution Protocol) - for this interface is enabled. When unset, the kernel's default will be used. + Takes a boolean. If set to true, the IPv4 ARP (low-level Address Resolution Protocol) + and IPv6 NDP (Neighbor Discovery Protocol) for this interface are enabled. When unset, the + kernel's default will be used. For example, disabling ARP is useful when creating multiple MACVLAN or VLAN virtual interfaces atop a single lower-level physical interface, which will then only serve as a link/"bridge" device aggregating traffic to the same physical link and not participate in