best NFS client for Windows

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Thu Aug 31 15:23:30 UTC 2006


On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 09:09 -0400, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote:

> Does anyone have suggestions for the "best" nfs client to allow Windows 
> 2000 to access FC5 exports?
> 
> MS SFU seems sort of flaky. Shaffer DiskAccess claims "Packet-Smart 
> tunes NFS packet transmissions, dramatically reducing packet count" but 
> I can't tell if that's a real useful advantage or marketing mumbo-jumbo.
> 
> I just want something reliable, without noticeable lags, for both local 
> and over-ADSL connections. I don't need fancy printer re-direction, etc.
> 
> Suggestions/experiences appreciated!

I think most people would use samba shares rather than NFS exports to
access files from windows.  Is there some reason you need NFS on the
windows side?  I've also heard that Windows 2003 SFU is better than
older versions if that would be an option.

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  Les Mikesell
   lesmikesell at gmail.com





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