[PLUG] Dumbass network question

[MJang]

Dear John, 

In general, one way to avoid problems like you suggest is:

1) Static IP addresses (or consistent IP address assignments as Russell
suggests)
2) NFS sharing for the entire network. 

You've listed the following in your /etc/exports


/               192.168.0.101(rw)
--------
/media/md3	Devil7(rw) 192.168.0.102(rw)
/			Devil7(rw)

In general, I'd avoid sharing with hostnames and single IP address on a
private network, unless security within your network is at issue. (And
it's also risky to share the top-level root directory (/).)

So you might change your /etc/exports to

/              192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw)

/media/md3     192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw)

Though I'd encourage you to focus the sharing on more regular directory
like /home.

Thanks,
Mike