What is the fifth coloum in the output of "ip -stat neighbour show" stand for?

After a look at iproute2 source code, the fifth fields gives timer information on ARP cache entries:

  • X/./. : Number of seconds since the ARP entry was last used
  • ./X/. : Number of seconds since the ARP entry was last confirmed
  • ././X : Number of seconds since the ARP entry was last updated

Those timers are notably used to manage stale ARP entries and decide when a new ARP request should be issued. Refer to this insightful answer for more info about ARP age timeout.

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