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Glossary: TCP/IP in Depth, Part 1

ARP cache

Also written: neighbor table, neighbor cache, ip neigh

The table where a machine keeps the MAC addresses it has learned through ARP, so it doesn't have to ask before every packet. `ip neigh` shows it, with a state such as REACHABLE, STALE or FAILED for each entry.

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Related terms

ARP (Address Resolution Protocol)ip neighARP cache states