I noticed some odd behavior after upgrading to the most recent kernel. I'm not sure it was the kernel upgrade or other recent updates.
Can you run ethereal and look where the delays are?
Boot the old kernel, run ethereal when you have NFS access, and compare the two?
Mogens
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