Setting General Preferences

Use the NFS General tab to select mount options, the file name mapping character, and the data transfer size.

Mount Options

You can choose to connect drives with read-only permissions, and set file-locking so that others will not be able to access a file that you have opened. You should be aware that some servers do not support file locking (Solstice NFS Server, for example). If you enable File Locking/Sharing and then attempt to mount drives from an NFS server that does not support file locking, you will be unable to map drives, browse exports, or read and write files on that server.

File Name Mapping

Select which character Solstice NFS Client uses as a replacement character when it maps long file names to the DOS 8.3 file name convention.

Data Transfer

Select the read/write size of NFS transfers.

• Read size (in bytes) is the number of bytes per data block read from a file during a data transfer across the network. A larger size increases NFS performance if the network hardware can handle the larger size. Default is 32768 bytes for TCP and 8 kilobytes for UDP.

• Write size (in bytes) is the number of bytes per data block written to a file or sent to a printer during a data transfer across the network. A larger size increases NFS performance if the network hardware can handle the larger size. Default is 32768 bytes for TCP and 8 kilobytes for UDP.