I recently had a less-than-totally-satisfying vnc experience connecting from my desktop to my bro-inlaw's <gasp> Windows Vista machine over a relatively slow 1.5 Mbps dsl (which is all that was available to him).
client: vncviewer (vnc-4.1.2-20.fc7) via cable dn/up=5Mbps/360Kbps server: tightvnc (latest) for windows approx dn/up=1.5Mbps/896Kbps - My cable data is from speakeasy tests. I suspect my actual upload rate might be higher, because I've seen torrent traffic at ~45-50 KBps - The dsl speed data is from modem diagnostics page, and is consistent with the contract. I suspect actual upload rate may be slightly lower measured at the application level. The vnc worked but my client display was sluggish and left "mouse-droppings" all over. Sometimes the display just didn't seem to update at all. It worked better if I let him drive than if I clicked and typed. Al least he didn't have to read the screen to me over the phone! I'm thinking his upload speed was the bottleneck. The dsl modem was simply port-forwarding (a secret port ;-) ) to 5900 on his computer -- no tunneling or encryption or anything fancy. I used all defaults on the server, and I don't remember setting any config parms for my vncviewer. So, I'm looking for other people's experiences, and hopefully some advice/recommendations to improve the speed and/or display-update problems. Constrained to free - lowcost, please. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
