[OpenAFS] Connection timeouts

[Derek Atkins]

"ted creedon" <tcreedon@easystreet.com> writes:

> For a client/server combination each behind a firewall:
>
>  1. Why does the Linux client timeout fairly rapidly requiring a client
>     restart?

NAT UDP Timeouts.  The firewall/NAT gateway loses the UDP mapping
between the client and the server.. The server can no longer talk
to the client..  Callbacks fail..  The server marks the client as
"Bad" because it can't talk back to the client.

-derek
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