Re: [NFS] Linux 2.4.25, nfs client hangs when talking to a MacOS nfs server.

[Charles-Edouard Ruault]

On Apr 7, 2004, at 10:37 PM, Chris Worley wrote:

> I have a similar problem when there's an MTU mismatch between client 
> and
> server (i.e. the server is 9K and the client is 1400 bytes)... although
> other TCP and UDP connections don't have a problem, NFS does.
>
> The solutions are, on the client side: 1) use TCP instead of UDP for
> NFS, or 2) set the rsize/wsize below 1400 bytes.
Hi Chris,
thanks for the reply.
My problem does not seem related to MTU mismatch since both sides have 
an MTU of 1500.
I've been able to solve the problem by using TCP has some other people 
have suggested.
From what i understant it was due to the lack of flow control of UDP....


Charles-Edouard Ruault
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