Hi,
I have just installed OpenSuse 11.1 on a new laptop and I want to set up a NFS Client on the laptop to connect to my old machine which will be the Server. The NFS will be an internal network not connected to the internet.
I had no success setting up the client using “Network Manager” so changed to “Traditional Method with ifup” in Yast. In the system tray it now says: The Networkwork Manager is not running.
This is the set-up I have:
On the server side (an older version of suse):
Hostname linux
domain name robert2600
I unchecked change host name via DHCP
In Yast “Network Card” I have set-up
IP address = 127.0.0.1
subnet mask 255.0.0.0
In Yast “NFS Sever” I have
Directory
/home/robert/server/
hosts
127.0.0.2 rw,root_squash,sync
In the firewall setup I have selected NFS Server
and enabled “Forward Traffic and Do Masquerading”
On the Client side:
In Yast “Hostnames” I have:
127.0.0.1 linux.robert2600 linux
127.0.0.2 linux-9bpq.robert2600 linux-9bpq
In Yast “Network Settings” I have the network card set-up as:
Enable IPv6 - not enabled
Hostname linux-9bpq
domain robert2600
write hostname to /etc/hosts is selected
routing - I enabled IP Forwarding.
No gateway, as it’s not connected to internet.
Firewall Zone is Internal Zone
Statically assigned IP address
IP address 127.0.0.2
subnet /8
Hostname linux-9bpq.robert2600
In Yast “Local Security” I have
Disable IPv4 forwarding - Enabled
Disable IPv6 forwarding - Disabled
In Yast “Firewall” I have
eth0 set to Internal Zone
In allowed services I have Internal Zone, all services greyed out
Protect Firewall from Internal Zone is NOT selected.
The NetworkInterfaces on the client has the following:
etho 127.0.0.2 255.0.0.0 Broadcast Up 00:1f:29:97:10:40
lo 127.0.0.1 255.0.0.0 Loopback Up 00:00:00:00:00:00
lo 127.0.0.2 255.0.0.0 Loopback Up 00:00:00:00:00:00
When I try to ping the laptop from the server I get success:
linux:~ # ping 127.0.0.2
PING 127.0.0.2 (127.0.0.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 127.0.0.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.109 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.061 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.063 ms
— 127.0.0.2 ping statistics —
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1999ms
When I try to ping the server from the laptop I get success:
linux:~ # ping 127.0.0.1
PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.063 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.033 ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.030 ms
— 127.0.0.1 ping statistics —
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2001ms
On the client side in Yast “NFS Client” I have:
enabled NFSv4
NFSv4 Domain name - robert2600
enabled Open Port in Firewall
when I “choose” a NFS server it always takes many minutes, then returns just a blank white box - nothing found???
Hopefully not too far of? Maybe something obvious?
thanks and happy new year for any assistance…