Hanging NFS connection

[Matthew Bloch <mattbee,AT,soup-kitchen,DOT,net>]

Hello-- I've set up a cipe tunnel between my laptop and remote server for 
editing web pages 'in situ' by mounting public_html directories over NFS.  My 
problem is that after a few minutes of leaving the NFS connection doing 
nothing, trying to access the mounted directory causes the process to hang 
indefinitely, and I need to reboot to remount the directory properly.  Is 
this situation complicated by having my laptop behind a masquerading host?  
Or by the fact that I pick an IP address for the remote machine that is 
inside the netmask for my home ethernet?

any tips appreciated,

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