Re: [LUG] NFS, /etc/resolv.conf rather odd connection.

[Neil Stone <Neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil Williams wrote:
> On Thursday 06 Nov 2003 10:05 pm, Neil Stone wrote:
>
> > Neil Williams wrote:
> >
> > > On Thursday 06 Nov 2003 8:19 pm, Andrew Rogers wrote:
> > >
> > > > behaves perfectly with no long delays.
> > >
> > > DNS timeout?
> >
> > the machine was unable to contact its default route... stupid or what ?
>
>
> Same thought was in the back of my mind.
>
> Check the route on the machine trying to export the NFS mount.
>
> A bad gateway setting would cause the DNS to timeout. Removing 
> /etc/resolv.conf only solves the problem by preventing NFS from using DNS.
>
> As you said, Andrew:
>  I known that from a previous setup 
> incorrect DNS servers cause this problem.
>
> The problem is finding out which bit of the DNS setup is missing/failing.

Er.. use nslookup....

Ensure that both the NFS client and server are able to reach their 
default route, try pinging it.. (run "route -n")


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