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Date:      Fri, 13 Sep 2002 10:41:02 -0700
From:      Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ARP move hangs NFS mount
Message-ID:  <20020913174102.GA79669@roark.gnf.org>
In-Reply-To: <200209131613.g8DGDNcb045281@apollo.backplane.com>
References:  <20020912181509.GY42734@roark.gnf.org> <15745.58702.945886.573972@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <200209131613.g8DGDNcb045281@apollo.backplane.com>

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On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 09:13:23AM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :...
> : > a comparison, I tried this on a linux box and it continued along with=
out a
> : > hitch. Any ideas?
> :
> :I'll bet that when the second head takes over, it replies using its
> :own IP address, rather the IP address of the head that it took over
> :from.
> :
> :There's something about the FreeBSD NFS client implementation which
> :requires that if you make an NFS request to a certain IP address, the
> :reply MUST return from that same IP address.  Otherwise, the reply
> :will be ignored.
> :
> :Matt -- Do you know off the top of your head what makes this happen?
> :While I realize that its a security feature,  its caused me no end of
> :suffering at two different sites, and I'd really like to know how to
> :disable it! ;)
> :
> :Thanks,
> :
> :Drew
>=20
>     It's probably because the NFS client does a connect() equivalent
>     for UDP mounts as well as TCP mounts.  That's my guess anyway.
>     I'm not home at the moment so I can't investigate fully.
>=20
>     Try mounting the filesystem with the 'conn' option (or -c option to
>     mount_nfs).  Alternatively, try using a TCP mount.

This worked for me. Thanks!

-gordon

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