On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 18:12, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I have a problem. I want to access a shared directory over a WAN link. > > There are 2 methods available to me, NFS and Samba. > > Problem is the Client is a Linux Box, and somehow the idea of using > samba as a means to an end instead of NFS is a little bit weird (?). > > But anyway, I tried both and it seems that I have more success using > samba to mount the share rather than using NFS. > > NFS always reports a time-out connecting the server. Yes, there is a > 200ms lag in ping times to the server box (WAN link) > > However, Samba seems to be able to handle it more gracefully than NFS. > > Ideas?? Comments?? ---- samba/SMB uses UDP whereas NFS uses TCP - hence the issues of speed vs. reliability. You could probably google the idea of using UDP instead of TCP on NFS connections but myself, I would opt for reliability. Craig
