if rpcinfo is failing, he's got a network problem. more than likely a firewall configuration. get rpcinfo working first, and then try nfs. On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:37:57 +0100, James Wilkinson <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yair Zohar wrote: > > I'm using FC2 connected by cables from home. > > I'm trying to mount : > > [root#] mount -t nfs 132.64.50.50:/usr/local/eclipse/workspace > > /mnt/ardEclipse/ > > $ host 132.64.50.50 > 50.50.64.132.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer ard.huji.ac.il. > > in other words, a server at your university. Do you run that, or does > someone else? > > > after long time it response: > > > > mount to NFS server '132.64.50.50' failed: server is down. > > i.e. it can't reach your University server using NFS protocols. > > > I also tried : > > > > [root#] mount -o nfsvers=2 132.64.50.50:/usr/local/eclipse/workspace > > /mnt/ardEclipse/ > > > > and : > > > > [root#] mount -o nfsvers=3 132.64.50.50:/usr/local/eclipse/workspace > > /mnt/ardEclipse/ > > > > with no response. > > > > the same command : > > [root #] mount -t nfs 132.64.50.50:/usr/local/eclipse/workspace/ > > /mnt/ard1_eclipse/ > > works fine from a rh9 that is connected to the same LAN as the server. > > So it is running NFS. > > > also > > [root #] rcpinfo -p 132.64.50.50 > > gives no response. > > while the same cmd from the LAN connected RH9 returns: > > > > program vers proto port > > 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper > <snip lots more services> > > > No known firewall on the RH9 nfs server. > > No known firewall on the FC2 client. > > That RH9 server, is that ard.huji.ac.il, or the RH9 box on the same > network as it? > > > > The /etc/exports file on the nfs server: > > > > /usr/local/eclipse/workspace 128.139.15.95(rw) > > /usr/local/eclipse/workspace 132.64.34.48(rw) > > > > the first line is the rh9 that can mount, the second is for the FC2 that > > can't mount > > (the FC2's IP is given by a dhcp server but I set it in the server's > > /etc/exports/ and than restarts the nfs server). > > > > That's the ifconfig of the FC2 client : > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:F1:B9:9A:1C > > inet addr:172.25.133.151 Bcast:255.255.255.255 > > Mask:255.255.224.0 > <snip> > > ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol > > inet addr:132.64.34.48 P-t-P:132.64.32.254 Mask:255.255.255.255 > > So it looks as though you're using some PPP-based tunnel (PPTP?) over > the Internet. How is that terminated at the University end: does it end > at an official University VPN server, or is it something you've set up > on 128.139.15.95, or something else? > > Can you ping ard.huji.ac.il from home? If not, are you sure all the > routing is set up properly? What happens if you try traceroute from > each end towards the other end? > > What is the output of /sbin/route on all the hosts in question? Is there > a suitable route in all directions along the link you're trying to set > up? > > Is there any firewall on ard.huji.ac.il? > > It smells like a routing problem, firewalls, or access. But you haven't > given enough information to let us know which. > > James. > > -- > E-mail address: james | 'Short for "Sic Transit Gloria Humanorum", which is > @westexe.demon.co.uk | Latin for "There goes the neighbourhood!"' > | -- Menno Willemse > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
