Re: ncpfs and TCP vs UDP

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Sat Jan 27 2007 - 11:08:45 EST



>> 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. ;)

nfs has already been "fixed" to prefer tcp over udp (i.e. the default is tcp)


-`J'
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