On Mar 15,  6:52pm, Brian Buhrow wrote:
>  problem seems to be that when a name is given on the mount command line
> for a server running SunOS 5.2, the client (netbsd) sends out a request for
> the fstatfs of the top directory on udp port 2.  When the reply comes
> back, netbsd sends off an icmp: port 1023 is unreachable to the nfs server.

Even if it is working for some time (strangely enough it is working much
longer if you're using the ed driver than with the ep driver) after some
time the netbsd machine starts complaining that the server isn't responding
any more.

>  This exchange continues indefinitely and, as it continues, fewer and fewer
> network services work on the netbsd client. 

If you're experiencing this problem you might observe a contious loss of
mbufs until you don't have any left...

> 	Has anyone else seen this behavior and, if so, have they found
> a cure for it?

Yes. Only against SunOS 5.2 and 5.3. To cure it you should consider
upgrading to the latest Sunos 4.x...

Achim


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