[K12OSN] VNCViewer and speed of refresh

Doug Simpson simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
Wed Jul 14 18:36:17 UTC 2004


I haven't tried an ftp between the two computers.
I'll have to set up ftp on one ot the other to try that.

Doug


On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Les Mikesell wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 10:02, Jeff Kinz wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 08:48:02AM -0500, Doug Simpson wrote:
> > 
> > > Well, I shouldn;t have assumed that since I directed that to a linux users 
> > > group that I was using linux computers. . . 
> > 
> > Since VNC is just about WORST choice to connect *NIX/Linux boxes,
> > using it at all implies a Win box somewhere in the mix.
> > 
> > X-Windows, The better choice, has been available for some TWENTY years.
> 
> Errr..., no.  The complaint was about VNC speed over a low bandwidth
> link.  Running straight X is going to be much worse. VNC can skip
> some steps during a screen update and catch up with the results when
> things stop moving - X has to complete every step at the remote side.
> Just opening a new window over a T1 can take minutes. Tight/ultra
> vnc have some advantages but you have to match the client and server
> to use the extensions.  However, I think there may be some kind of
> network problem involved.  VNC over a T1 should be slightly annoying
> with the cursor lag but very usable.  What kind of transfer rate do you
> see in an ftp between the machines in question.
> 
> ---
>   Les Mikesell
>    les at futuresource.com
> 
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