on the stkserver i shared with nfs the folder /mnt/stuff i edit the exports file: cat /etc/exports /mnt/stuff/ 222.169.100.0/24(rw,sync,all_squash) exportfs -a i even disabled the security/firewall on the server and client every time i try to mount it on the client i get this error # mount -t nfs STKserver:/mnt/stuff /mnt/share/ mount to NFS server 'STKserver' failed. thanx in advance!