[CentOS] NFS sleepy woes

Fri Jul 1 06:59:20 UTC 2005
Res <res at ausics.net>

Hi all,
I have a problem with a CentOS 4 and now updated to 4.1 server,
every so often the other servers try to contact it and this not there a 
retry and it is, like it goes to sleep, I have no problem with the 
fedora1, RH9 and slackware machines they just never do this.
its most annoying..
they all use IP's not names. all access lists are identical, all hosts 
files are identical, all exports and fstabs are same format.

in fact one of the machines on another network altogether reponds 
instantly. if I reboot *shudder* the CentOS box it fixes it, temporarily, 
but thats a joke, the hardware is fine, it used to run slackware 
smoothly, I hope I dont have to go back to it :)

TIA