nfs mounting

Jeff Vian jvian10 at charter.net
Tue Dec 20 20:24:30 UTC 2005


On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 23:18 +1030, Tim wrote:
> Tim:
> >> The NFS server isn't running?
> 
> G Rajesh:
> > I found out Sir. Though I have set eth0 to be enabled at boot time, it
> > seems it does not. When I activate it (though network device control
> > says it is connected) again and restart netfs service, everything seems
> > fine - except that system takes long time to unmount the nfs-shares
> > (some rpc error (no 5) being shown.
> 
> So, the NFS server is running, but your ethernet is down?  NFS might
> need a restart after bringing the ethernet on-line, I'm not sure, but
> I'd expect that it would.
> 
> My network interfaces come up fine, during boot time.  You might want to
> mention what you're using, someone might know if they're a problem NIC.
> 
> > 1. Is the IP address given in eth0 same as that of my computer, say
> > 192.168.1.10. Or I should give something different?
> 
> Each network interface on your computer *should* have a unique IP
> address.  There are times when you can get away with duplication, but
> that requires skill and a degree of luck.
> 

Each interface also *should* be addressed in its own network.  Multiple
NICs on a single system sharing the same subnet often cause strange
routing issues and horrendous slowdown in communications.

> It's the interface that has an address, not the PC.  It's a method of
> communicating with your PC, the address specifying the how and
> wherefore.
> 
> > 2. Should the router address be filled? Can I give any arbitrary number
> > within 19.168.1.xx?
> 
> You haven't described your network (you might have before, but I don't
> have a message to look at that does, now).  If your router has an
> address, you need to use it, not make one up.  Quite often, they use a
> x.x.x.254 IP address.
> 
> In general, the router address would be used to talk outside of the
> network (each interface being configured with a gateway address
> applicable to itself).  
> 
> Machine to machine communication within the same network (where
> addresses for source and destination are determined by the netmask to be
> local to each other) won't need to know about a gateway.
> 
> I wouldn't expect a gateway address to your router to have any bearing
> on NFS within your LAN.
> 
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