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From: ron@HARDEES.RUTGERS.EDU (Ron Natalie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.proteon
Subject: Re: NFS across p4200s
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Date: 8 Aug 89 14:45:54 GMT
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We run NFS through CISCO routers all the time.  Our major problem
right now is NFS screwing up on the ends, rather than packets
getting damaged in transit.  However, I agree, it is stupid
that no checksumming is done.  Right now there is a flakey
link in JVNC land that randomly trashes packets with certain
bit sequences.  We haven't noticed this with NFS, but certain
UUCP packets always cause get lost going through this link.
Since the UUCP is encapulated in a checksummed TCP stream,
I assume that they appear damaged at the receiving end and
are discarded, which would be fatal if it happened to a
checksumless NFS packet.

-Ron