From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15800.42677.316274.249416@nanonic.hilbert.space> From: paurea@gsyc.escet.urjc.es To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Essay: Is network transparency something bad? In-Reply-To: <23e4a29fd1979cad8dacf523fed91fbd@centurytel.net>:Skip Tavakkolian's message of 17:49:09 Thursday,24 October 2002 References: <23e4a29fd1979cad8dacf523fed91fbd@centurytel.net> Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 04:04:37 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0cacad7a-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Skip Tavakkolian writes: > This is not an excuse, but if you are having connectivity problems > what difference would it make if /net is mounted locally or imported? If /net is local you don't obtain hangups everywhere they are localized (at least this is what I experimented this morning, things hanged all at once and when I had /net local they did so much more gradually. If the net channel goes down all the net connectons hang.) > of a cpu server under the control of a professional getting paid to > maintain it -- as in an ISP or an enterprise setup -- would be much > higher than your average (desk|lap|palm)top. > I am not discussing that. -- Saludos, Gorka "Curiosity sKilled the cat"