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Date:      Mon, 16 Jul 2001 09:27:05 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To:        Arun Sharma <arun@sharmas.dhs.org>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NFS mount Linux Mandrake 8.0 -> FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE hang
Message-ID:  <20010716092705.B5696@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010715215513.A20380@sharmas.dhs.org>
References:  <20010715200102.A19948@sharmas.dhs.org> <20010715220415.A3289@dan.emsphone.com> <20010715214538.A20260@sharmas.dhs.org> <20010715215513.A20380@sharmas.dhs.org>

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In the last episode (Jul 15), Arun Sharma said:
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 09:45:38PM -0700, Arun Sharma wrote:
> > 
> > Actually, I figured out that the cp doesn't hang, but takes a *long*
> > time - longer than it takes to transfer the file via scp over the
> > same interface.
> > 
> > tcpdump shows that NFS is using 8kb block size, but packets get
> > fragmented because I'm on a wireless network with a MTU < 2k.
> > 
> > 	-Arun
> 
> Another clue: the writes are 100x faster than reads, when tested
> using dd with the same block size.

Just as a test, try dropping your NFS blocksize down to 1k (mount -o
-r1024,-w1024) or using a TCP mount (mount -o -T) and see waht happens.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com

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