RFC 8161 · INFORMATIONAL · 2017
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Benchmarking the Neighbor Discovery Protocol
Overview
RFC 8161, “Benchmarking the Neighbor Discovery Protocol”, is an Informational document published in May 2017 by W. Cerveny, R. Bonica, R. Thomas. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document provides benchmarking procedures for the Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP). It also proposes metrics by which an NDP implementation's scaling capabilities can be measured.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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