Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:03:43 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: doconnor@gsoft.com.au Cc: rmacklem@uoguelph.ca, jhb@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, rmacklem@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r197298 - head/sbin/mount_nfs Message-ID: <20090920.220343.-737556392.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <200909211216.07249.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <20090919.230053.58383965.imp@bsdimp.com> <Pine.GSO.4.63.0909201722330.22125@muncher.cs.uoguelph.ca> <200909211216.07249.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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"Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> writes:
: On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, Rick Macklem wrote:
: > And what about going through NAT gateways? (I'm not familiar with how
: > typical NAT gateways are set up, but do they all forward UDP ok?)
:
: The thought of doing NFS over the internet boggles my mind :)
One of the early net meltdowns was caused by this, no?
: However all consumer grade routers will NAT UDP properly otherwise
: people wouldn't be able to play games.
The issue most likely is one of internal firewalls, not external...
Warner
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