FreeNFS at sourceforge, request for comments/improvments

[larry_e_smith]

I am the programmer/admin at FreeNFS at http://sourceforge.net/projects/freenfs/

I am looking for comments and or request for added functionality for my program. I am in the process of adding NFS 4.0 and 4.1 when it is fully defined.
But for now I am looking here and other places for people who use it, and what would make it easier to use. If you have questions about it, please feel free to ask.

Please feel free to move this topic to a better area if you feel like it, I choose the most 'generic' of areas to post in.

Thank you for your time and comments.
Lawrence Smith
Jacksonville, Mo USA

[KAD]

Hi Lawrence,

The first thing that comes to mind is we need the ability to export multiple folders/shares at the same time

due to currently only being able to export a single share, to my knowledge not too many here use FreeNFS on a daily basis

although we do have a work around, as documented on our wiki about setting up FreeNFS http://wiki.wdlxtv.com/How_to_setup_NFS_share_using_FreeNFS
it involves some windows drive managment and mounting inside of windows

If I think of anything else, I will certainly post

KAD

[larry_e_smith]

You have to put a comma and a space after each share. Example "c:\shared1, d:\shared2, e:\" drop the quotes. Just a space between clients for multiple clients.
I was thinking of adding a pick and choose dialog box, to make it more obvious. So basically the answer is yes it does to multiple shares.

[brotato]

would be nice to have it auto start with windows somehow like the hanewin paid version does. i did a few speedtests between the two when i was setting up a nfs server to use and found hanewin to also be faster but that was probably down to settings. otherwise it definitely did the job around 20mb for me as opposed to the 30+ i get with hanewin.

[larry_e_smith]

would be nice to have it auto start with windows somehow like the hanewin paid version does. i did a few speedtests between the two when i was setting up a nfs server to use and found hanewin to also be faster but that was probably down to settings. otherwise it definitely did the job around 20mb for me as opposed to the 30+ i get with hanewin.

Do you mean as an executable or a service? I have the ability to have two versions, very easy actually. To be run as a tray icon, or as a service, that is still accessed via a tray icon after login. But would run as a system service, with the last settings.

Memory will be adjustable in the next build coming out next week. Also some basic stats will also be in it.

Larry

[brotato]

for your program i would say as a service but it varies by person. it's a minor issue but for the average person like me a bonus of not having to add something to startup or open manually.

[MidnightWatcher]

Hi, I just found this thread on Google. Question about FreeNFS - I'm going to download Rev 9 soon and was wondering if we'll have the ability to adjust rsize and wsize and others to optimize performance? Also, does it broadcoast the NFS share?

[larry_e_smith]

[quote="MidnightWatcher"]Hi, I just found this thread on Google. Question about FreeNFS - I'm going to download Rev 9 soon and was wondering if we'll have the ability to adjust rsize and wsize and others to optimize performance? Also, does it broadcoast the NFS share?[/quote

Yes, yes, yes, not yet.

Technically I am on rev 21, late next week for 3.0.2 build probably 30ish, the EXE will contain user adjustable r/wsize, memory buffer size, client dialog adder.

As these options are added, the program can be started with CLI parameters (this is gearing up for a services oriented version.) If none are given AND there is nothing in the registry it will prompt you for changed. Some back-end idiot checking is in place. isvalidip and is validudp procedures are done. (you all know it will connect via UDP don't you?) Of course I should work on the wiki this weekend but the fish's are calling to me now, and I know they are quieter in the winter.

Source code wide, huge changes have been made. It is now about 15% fast and climbing, ver 4/4.1 is being setup, which will allow password client to server.
Yes it will broadcast also.

I will be in the hospital next week for a few days, so I will get lots of programming done. (its the Veterans Administration, so its like the military 1 hour of doctor time, 23 hours of waiting for that one hour)

As an aside I am also writing a small NFS client that will tag along with this software. Who wants to download 300+ Unix for MS windows, from MS?

And lastly this is also being written to run as a TSR under freedos in UMB.

Someone also asked if a android version could be made. (I am thinking about it).

Larry

[MidnightWatcher]

Thanks Larry. Will you be be posting an update here once the new version is released?

[RavRob]

Just check the link in his first post for updates.