I would like to put Firefox and flash on the thin client. Is there a way to do that? I'll try that before I spend $$$ on extra hardware.
Sherwood Botsford wrote: > Damien Hull wrote: > >> Here's what I have: >> >> * edubuntu 7.04 >> * AMD 64 bit processor >> o Can't remember the exact numbers >> * 2 gig ram >> * Two network cards >> o on board is for internet >> o Other network card is for thin client network >> * 10/100 switch >> >> Problem >> >> * streaming music from the net >> * 50 % of the bandwidth on the server is used >> * Only one thin client connected >> >> Other problems >> >> * youtube videos are jerky >> >> >> Should I get a faster network? >> >> * Faster connection for the server >> o Gigabit >> o Two gigabit network cards bonded together >> > > When you say 50%, you mean 50% of a nominal 100 mbits/sec? > Normally unless you have some dedicated application, I figure > that getting 70-80% of nominal bandwidth is about as good as you > can get. > > I've read some claims that getting gigabit cards in the server is > worth it just for the bigger buffers. > > I think your cheapest experiment would be to put a gigabit card > in the server, and get a switch with one or two gigabit ports, > and the rest 100 mbit ports. (Dell has an unmanaged switch with > 2 Gb ports and 10 or 12 100 Mb ports for about 200 bucks.) > > > What fraction of bandwidth from the server to the world is being > used? Do you need to run youtube viewer and the audio player as > local applications on the clients? > > Can you run 5 simultaneous Youtube instances on the server? If > it's a matter of chopiness, you may be able to cope by increasing > the buffers on the server. (Don't start the youtube viewer until > you have X mb of the stream buffered.) If it's a matter of can't > keep up, you will either need to figure out how to download the > entire vid before streaming out to clients, or bite the bullet > and buy more bandwidth to the world. > > >> * Gigabit connection for the client >> o Not sure I can do this >> >> Note: >> >> I'm setting up a lab of 5 thin clients. Testing with one thin client >> shows bandwidth isues. Genral use like Open Office, surfing the net >> etc... works fine. Streaming music from the web sucks up a lot of >> bandwidth. Totem could be the problem. That's the application I'm >> using to play music. I'll try switching to rythembox. >> >> I'm hoping there is a way to improve the quality of youtube videos. >> >> Well... I guess that's it for now. I'll post more if I find anything. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss >> For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
