Re: ncpfs and TCP vs UDP

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> Well, probably the same reason as NFS over UDP is discouraged. See nfs(5)
> section WARNINGS (in short: IP fragment ID can wrap quite fast on Gigabit)
>
>   

I have no such warning in my nfs(5), but I am aware of this yes.
Somewhat amusing that both nfs and ncpfs tend to default to using udp
with this in mind. ;)

Rgds

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