> Now when the NFS client is running SLES 11 with its kernel 2.6.27, > the NFS server tries to make UDP connections from its ports 111 and > 700 to different ports on the client. > > If the client is running SLES 10 with 2.6.16, those connections are > not tried from the server, no matter if the server runs 2.6.16 or > 2.6.27. > > So I've two questions: > 1) Should nfs-over-tcp still use any UDP ports at all? > 2) What has been changed in the client code between 2.6.16 and 2.6.27 > that could cause this behaviour? By default it is now using UDP to connect to mountd. > Is there a way to prevent those UDP connects? Yes, add "mountproto=tcp" to your mount options. Regards, Leonardo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs _______________________________________________ Please note that nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is being discontinued. Please subscribe to linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx instead. http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-nfs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html