One last change made it work! I added rpcbind: 192.168.47., LOCAL to my server's /etc/hosts.allow. (See below updated files).

This is the F7 server serving the directories...
[bobh@north ~]# uname -a
Linux north.rosestar.lan 2.6.23.1-10.fc7 #1 SMP Fri Oct 19 15:39:08 EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ bobh@north ~]# rpm -q rpcbind nfs-utils
rpcbind-0.1.4-8.fc7
nfs-utils-1.1.0-4.fc7
[bobh@north ~]# cat /etc/hosts.*
#
# 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.
#
portmap:        192.168.47., LOCAL
mountd:         192.168.47., LOCAL
rquotad:        192.168.47., LOCAL
lockd:          192.168.47., LOCAL
statd:          192.168.47., LOCAL
rpcbind:        192.168.47., LOCAL
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
ipop3d:         192.168.47., LOCAL
sshd:           192.168.47., LOCAL
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALL:            127.0.0., localhost

#
# hosts.deny    This file describes the names of the hosts which are
#               *not* allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
#               by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
#
# The portmap line is redundant, but it is left to remind you that
# the new secure portmap uses hosts.deny and hosts.allow.  In particular
# you should know that NFS uses portmap!
ALL: ALL


This is the F6 workstation trying to mount a directory...
[bobh@south ~]$ uname -a
Linux south.rosestar.lan 2.6.22.9-61.fc6 #1 SMP Thu Sep 27 18:48:03 EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ bobh@south ~]$ rpm -q rpcbind nfs-utils
package rpcbind is not installed
nfs-utils-1.0.10-14.fc6
[bobh@south ~]$ cat /etc/hosts.*
#
# 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.
#
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
lockd:          192.168.47., LOCAL
mountd:         192.168.47., LOCAL
portmap:        192.168.47., LOCAL
rquotad:        192.168.47., LOCAL
statd:          192.168.47., LOCAL
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
ALL:            127.0.0., localhost

#
# hosts.deny    This file describes the names of the hosts which are
#               *not* allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
#               by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
#
# The portmap line is redundant, but it is left to remind you that
# the new secure portmap uses hosts.deny and hosts.allow.  In particular
# you should know that NFS uses portmap!
# -------------------------------------------------------------------
ALL: ALL

[bobh@south ~]$ sudo mount /mnt/north/home/; echo $?
0

Now it works!! Thanks for your assistance and patience. this posting is for the archive.
Thanks, BobH

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BobH
bobhillegas@gmail.com