Re: ncpfs and TCP vs UDP

2007-01-27 Thread Jan Engelhardt
>> Well, probably the same reason as NFS over UDP is discouraged. See nfs(5) >> section WARNINGS (in short: IP fragment ID can wrap quite fast on Gigabit) > >I have no such warning in my nfs(5), but I am aware of this yes. >Somewhat amusing that both nfs and ncpfs tend to default to using udp >wit

Re: ncpfs and TCP vs UDP

2007-01-27 Thread Pierre Ossman
Jan Engelhardt wrote: > Well, probably the same reason as NFS over UDP is discouraged. See nfs(5) > section WARNINGS (in short: IP fragment ID can wrap quite fast on Gigabit) > > I have no such warning in my nfs(5), but I am aware of this yes. Somewhat amusing that both nfs and ncpfs tend to de

Re: ncpfs and TCP vs UDP

2007-01-27 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 26 2007 22:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Quoting Pierre Ossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >TCP is definitely preferred. There are couple of reasons why you should >prefer TCP: > >(1) There is server configuration option to disable NCP/UDP. You cannot >disable NCP/TCP that easily. > >(2) TCP (

Re: ncpfs and TCP vs UDP

2007-01-26 Thread vandrove
Quoting Pierre Ossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Petr, Hello, > I was hoping you could give me some input on another concern I have. > Which of TCP and UDP is the preferred transport for NCP? The client for > Windows seems to use TCP, which would suggest that that is the most > tested dialect. I

ncpfs and TCP vs UDP

2007-01-26 Thread Pierre Ossman
Hi Petr, I was hoping you could give me some input on another concern I have. Which of TCP and UDP is the preferred transport for NCP? The client for Windows seems to use TCP, which would suggest that that is the most tested dialect. I also did a quick test with bonnie++: UDP: Version 1.03