transferring a file twice at 60mbps is always going to be faster than once at any speed less than 30mbps, Ive never seen and RDP session consuming more than a few mbps, but never really tested for the limitation.
If it was an audio file you just wanted to listen to, RDP is now pretty good for that assuming your OS is win7 or above, but you have to have the experience set correctly On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 8:29 AM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > Seems to be an RDP limitation and not an SMB limitation as I know SMB is > plenty quick. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > > Midwest Internet Exchange > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Adam Moffett" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Tuesday, September 1, 2015 8:49:41 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] ok - so i bet this is a mystery no one has an > answer to > > > I like the feature of RDP where your local drives show up on the remote > machine, which is what I think Jay is describing.� I use it all the time > for documents.� I never gave any thought to how it works or what its > limitations are.� Maybe it tunnels SMB through the RDP connection.� > > I just tried it with a large file, and yes it's slow for me too.� Barely > 1 meg. > > > They have these things called flash drives, you know. > � > And there is this amazing thing called Dropbox. > � > The only part of this I would use RDP for is to log into the remote > computer and upload the file to Dropbox or send it via some variant of FTP > to a server at the office. > � > � > *From:* CBB - Jay Fuller <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 01, 2015 2:10 PM > *To:* [email protected] ; [email protected] > *Subject:* [AFMUG] ok - so i bet this is a mystery no one has an answer to > � > � > > So, i've got a computer at our office on a one gig fiber connection. > i have a computer on a cable modem. > � > I'm trying to copy a 75 meg file using remote desktop from the office to > my home. > � > The office computer has symmetric up and down - it's one gig fiber. > My home computer (download) is 60 meg down 4 meg up (charter cable) > � > Studying office network traffic it's only moving at 1.5 meg.� > � > Why isn't it going faster?� Is there is a tweakable way? > � > � > > > > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
