Problems with pcnfsd

Hi folks, I'm trying to run pcnfsd on my server and I'm running into a couple of issues. On a VMWare based client on the same machine, I get the error "AUTH_DES operation failed. Ensure client and server time clocks are synchronized." Considering it's the same machine, and the VMWare tools are set to synchronize the clocks, should I be getting this? On a remote machine, it connects, but is extremely slow - on the order of 5 minutes from selecting a directory until its contents are displayed. By remote, I mean sitting right next to the server. In both cases the client is Hummingbird NFS Maestro 7.0. They can also connect to a Solaris 8 server without issue. Questions, comments, suggestions? TIA, Dave