The Network File System (NFS) was developed to allow machines to mount a disk partition on a remote machine as if it were a local disk. It allows for fast, seamless sharing of files across a network.
Installing NFS on Ubuntu
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Setup a Test Lab With VirtualBox, depreciated
I found a much simper way to do this! See my updated blog post Setup a Test Networking Lab With VirtualBox
I’m always playing around with new IT technology. Up until recently I just did it with VirtualBox on my PC’s and messed with the network and then cleared up the mess afterwards. This was not good, not to mention a waste of time when I could be playing around with the next new shiny bit of tech or software.
Testing network throughput
There is a really great command line tool to see network through put, bwm-ng it can be installed on Ubuntu with
sudo apt-get install bwm-ng
HOWTO send a refresh to a DHCP server
At some point you will need to refresh the lease on a network card, NIC, by sending a refresh command to your DHCP server.
To send the release to the DHCP client use the following. remember this will remember this will effectively turn off your network connection. If you are connected remotely you may loose your connection.
sudo dhclient -r