NFS won't work (RH9, simple LAN)

From: Raptor (me_at_attbi.com)
Date: 02/01/04 

Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 23:17:41 -0700

I have spent enough time trying to solve this problem that it's time to
ask for help.

I have a RH9 server install (hostname "server") that I'm trying to get
to host a couple directories for a RH9 workstation install (hostname
"Desktop"). I can ssh from Desktop to server just fine. I also had NFS
working earlier when Desktop was a Mandrake 9.0 system, so I've got to
be close.

Client's /var/log/boot.log reports:
Jan 31 22:40:24 Desktop netfs: Mounting NFS filesystems: failed

A mount from the shell on Desktop times out.

server's /etc/exports file:
/home/law/ Desktop(rw,sync,no_root_squash)
/var/www/html/ Desktop(rw,sync,no_root_squash)

server's /etc/hosts file:
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.0.3 server
192.168.0.2 Desktop

server's /etc/hosts.allow file:
#
# hosts.allow This file describes the names of the hosts which are
# allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
# by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
#
192.168.0.2: Desktop

server's /etc/hosts.deny file is empty (except comments).

Finally, here's the relevent parts of Desktop's fstab:
boot.log reports:
Jan 31 22:40:24 Desktop netfs: Mounting NFS filesystems: failed

A mount from the shell times out.
server:/home/law /mnt/server/home nfs
rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr
server:/var/www/html /mnt/server/html nfs
rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr

Did I forget anything needed for a diagnosis? 

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