Also consider using the "-C" option as well: compresses the stream. Raw X packets compress nicely. On a limited bandwidth connection this makes a huge difference: on a high bandwidth connection, the extra compress/decompress latency might be more annoying.
-- Alec Habig, University of Minnesota Duluth Physics Dept. ha...@neutrino.d.umn.edu http://neutrino.d.umn.edu/~habig/