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In message: <200909211216.07249.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
            "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