slow nfs mount in ubuntu

On my home server, I have a nfs server running and I use nfs to mount my music to my laptop. Ever since the first day the nfs mount process used to be dead slow. Today I got irritated enough to check out if this is a common problem.

It seems that this is a common enough problem. The reason is that nfs requires portmap to be running on both the client and the server side.

Links:

• Linux forums thread that gave me a clue
• Ubuntu bug
• good introduction to nfs