> I suspect that something between your server and the client doesn't
> have enough buffer space to hold an entire UDP message.  So you are
> getting lost packets and lots of retries.  If the error is systematic
> then the retries won't succeed either.
> 
> Likely places where packets are lost:
> - the ethernet -> wireless bridge (because it does rate adaption)
> - the wireless card (because you cant read data off it fast enough)
> 
> Try changing the mount to use 8k (from 32k) reads and writes.

adding the 8k read and write size options in /etc/fstab did the trick.
thanks much for the help.

-russ