Translations by Gyanendra Mishra

Max Retries

Timing and performance

Give up on a host if it has not finished being scanning in this long. Time is in seconds by default, or may be followed by a suffix of 'ms' for milliseconds, 's' for seconds, 'm' for minutes, or 'h' for hours.

Max time to scan a target

Wait no longer than this for a probe response before giving up or retransmitting the probe. Time is in seconds by default, or may be followed by a suffix of 'ms' for milliseconds, 's' for seconds, 'm' for minutes, or 'h' for hours.

Max probe timeout

Wait at least this long for a probe response before giving up or retransmitting the probe. Time is in seconds by default, or may be followed by a suffix of 'ms' for milliseconds, 's' for seconds, 'm' for minutes, or 'h' for hours.

Min probe timeout

Use the time given as the initial estimate of round-trip time. This can speed up scans if you know a good time for the network you're scanning.

Initial probe timeout

Scan no more than this many hosts in parallel.

Max hosts in parallel

Scan at least this many hosts in parallel.

Min hosts in parallel

Never allow more than the given number of probes to be outstanding at a time. May be set to 1 to prevent Nmap from sending more than one probe at a time to hosts.

Max outstanding probes

Try to maintain at least the given number of probes outstanding during a scan. Common usage is to set to a number higher than 1 to speed up scans of poorly performing hosts or networks.

Min outstanding probes

Do not allow the scan delay (time delay between successive probes) to grow larger than the given amount of time. Time is in seconds by default, or may be followed by a suffix of 'ms' for milliseconds, 's' for seconds, 'm' for minutes, or 'h' for hours.

Max scan delay

Wait at least the given amount of time between each probe sent to a given host. Time is in seconds by default, or may be followed by a suffix of 'ms' for milliseconds, 's' for seconds, 'm' for minutes, or 'h' for hours.

Min delay between probes