Unix administration - Re: xxxx unix: NFS server xxxx not responding still trying

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Re: xxxx unix: NFS server xxxx not responding still trying

blackdog

2005-10-29, 5:51 pm

Doug Freyburger wrote:
> Michael Vilain wrote:
>
> Check. Common stuff like incorrect full/half duplex
> or switching MTU across a router.

how to check switching MTU router?
thanks

>
> On the chance this is a remote mount across a WAN,
> consider a caching engine like the ones from Cisco
> or look at the NFS version of the mount man page
> for options proto (you want TCP if you're having
> problems), timeo (use a higher number for a slower
> connection), and whatever others seem appropriate.
>
> Wrong answer: Switching from hard to soft mounts
> switches from retries to failures.