On 08/03/2012, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:47:23 -0500 > From: imnotpc <[email protected]> > > @ e-letter - I read your original post and you indicated that you were > having trouble setting up nfs using Mandriva/Mageia, but that you were > able to connect to the internet. Correct? Well if you're using dhcp to > assign IP addresses, of course it's hard to set up nfs. For persistent > connections an nfsv4 client uses an entry in fstab to mount a remote > file system at boot. This requires a fixed server name or fixed server > IP address, neither of which is provided by a default router dhcp setup. > There may be ways to work around this, but why bother? Why not just > assign fixed IPs and be done with it? It only takes a few minutes and > your nfs connections will always survive reboots. >
Correct, internet connection is always achieved. DHCP is used because the ISP does not provide fixed IP address; dynamic IP address is acceptable for my basic internet access needs. I do not think I am able to assign fixed IP addresses.
